JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
The appellant and the respondent were married on 31st May, 1997 in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. Each was going through a second marriage after their first marriages ended up on the rocks. Thereafter they lived and cohabited at various addresses in England until in or about the year 2007 when they relocated to Kenya and settled camp at Plot No. [Particulars withheld of Group v. Kilifi. All was well until March, 2009 when the appellant left Kenya for England ostensibly to attend a wedding. That spelt doom to the marriage. The appellant never returned home and to date he has not done so. As if that was not enough the appellant also reneged on the payment of monies to the respondent for her maintenance, welfare and upkeep. Whereas the appellant is a Kenyan by birth, the respondent is a housewife and a British Citizen domiciled in Kenya and has been a resident since January, 2007. When the appellant deserted the respondent as aforesaid, the resp…