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Meet Asentus Ogwella Akuku "Danger" who is said to have married 130 times, divorced 80 times and sired 200 plus children. Akuku "Danger" married his first wife in 1939 and his last in 1997 when he was 79. He died in 2010 at a ripe age of 94.
For many who knew him during his lifetime, the name Acentus Akuku ‘Danger’ is synonymous to polygamy.
Call him the grandmaster of seduction if you must because he was Kenya’s most prominent polygamist and is reported to have married more than 100 women in his lifetime and fathered over 200 children.
He married his first wife in 1939. At the age of 22, he had married five wives and by the time he was 35, he was on his 45th wife.
His love for polygamy and women earned him the nickname ‘Danger’ from his peers who believed that his every move was made to attract women.
“I’m called Danger because I overshadowed many men when it came to women. I was very handsome. I dressed well and I knew how to charm women with sweet talk. No woman could decline my advances. I was a magnet,”He once said in one of his interview.
Arguably one of the world’s best-known polygamists, he married his last wife in 1997 when he was 79. The woman was then only 18.
His love for polygamy was no longer a family thing but became an industry as he had so many children in his family that he established two elementary schools solely to educate his children, as well as a church for his growing family to attend.
Despite his large family, he was reputed to be a disciplinarian who ruled his large family with an iron fist. He knew all the children by name and made a roster on when to spend on which house.
In past interviews, Akuku said he was responsible for naming all of his children, as way to bond with them.
“I lived a lavish lifestyle. I was always ready to spend money on women.”
“I divorced women who misbehaved,” he once said.
Akuku grouped his families in clusters spreading across Ndhiwa, Homa Bay and Migori. His main homestead is in Rachuodho.
For many who knew him during his lifetime, the name Acentus Akuku ‘Danger’ is synonymous to polygamy.
Call him the grandmaster of seduction if you must because he was Kenya’s most prominent polygamist and is reported to have married more than 100 women in his lifetime and fathered over 200 children.
He married his first wife in 1939. At the age of 22, he had married five wives and by the time he was 35, he was on his 45th wife.
His love for polygamy and women earned him the nickname ‘Danger’ from his peers who believed that his every move was made to attract women.
“I’m called Danger because I overshadowed many men when it came to women. I was very handsome. I dressed well and I knew how to charm women with sweet talk. No woman could decline my advances. I was a magnet,”He once said in one of his interview.
Arguably one of the world’s best-known polygamists, he married his last wife in 1997 when he was 79. The woman was then only 18.
His love for polygamy was no longer a family thing but became an industry as he had so many children in his family that he established two elementary schools solely to educate his children, as well as a church for his growing family to attend.
Despite his large family, he was reputed to be a disciplinarian who ruled his large family with an iron fist. He knew all the children by name and made a roster on when to spend on which house.
In past interviews, Akuku said he was responsible for naming all of his children, as way to bond with them.
“I lived a lavish lifestyle. I was always ready to spend money on women.”
“I divorced women who misbehaved,” he once said.
Akuku grouped his families in clusters spreading across Ndhiwa, Homa Bay and Migori. His main homestead is in Rachuodho.