Is the "Kenyan Marriage" just a high-cost merger now?

Looking around Nairobi and many other parts of the country, marriage feels less like a covenant and more like a rigorous corporate IPO. You need due diligence (dating), board approval (family), a massive capital raise (dowry), and a shareholder agreement (who owns what).

Once the merger is complete, we often have two CEOs living parallel lives, managing individual P&Ls, uniting only for joint ventures (school fees etc.) and AGMs (December holidays).

With rising divorce rates and "side dishes" being normalized, are we losing the plot?

Has the financial performance of marriage completely overshadowed the partnership? Is it a covenant or a business arrangement?