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Open secret? [Photo: Shutterstock] Many men in Kenya are just called ‘daddy,’ but in reality, they are not fathers, at least to most of the kids they’re raising. While some men have no qualms marrying single mothers, others are in the dark regarding paternity of their children. The multi-million shilling property cases involving children of wealthy Kenyans in the recent past have served to drive home this fact. This follows DNA tests ordered by some who took their siblings to court, only to sober up to the reality that they were actually the ‘outsiders.’ A purposive research conducted by Statex Research of Nairobi in 2013 revealed that almost 30 per cent of men in Nairobi could be raising children fathered by other men behind their backs. The sample of 712 men from Nairobi aged between 24 and 60 years revealed that 30 per cent or three out of 10 married men were bringing up children sired by other men. About 70 per cent of them were not aware, and those who ....