With the sudden increase of domestic violence attributed to the corona virus pandemic, most stakeholders have made a stand to fight the increase of it in Kenya and the world as a whole, while also shading light on the causes of the same.

As detective Jane Mugo shares, most of the violence in relationships are attributed to cheating spouses.

Crimes of passion as top detective Jane Mugo calls them are highly contributed by cheating.

“I would wish to see cases of crime of passion reduce, this includes divorce and stress in relationships,” says Mugo.

According to Mugo, cheating is an act of dishonesty.

“In most domestic cases I handled, it’s a violation of a couples contracts regarding emotions of sex. In my line of duty years back, I discovered most spouses cheat because of the following; financial gains, poverty and provision for the families. Peer pressure and lack of sexual satisfaction, exploration- when someone is trying to compare their spouses with an incoming partner'' shares Mugo

Adding ''Emotional attachment especially when there is a child involved and a natural desire for intimacy,''.

According to the detective, most of cheating cases are attributed to alcohol or drug abuse, stress and anxiety in men while for women sometimes it is revenge for mistreatment in the marriage.

“I have one woman who confessed to have cheated because the husband mistreated her when she was pregnant,” she says.

In addition to this, some men choose to cheat on their partners with women who appear to be better financial advisors as compared to who they are in a relationship with. Sometimes ending up dropping their spouses and marrying the “better” woman who inspire them to save and invest rather than just spending.

“A man who earns 50,000 shillings may have to drop his girlfriend who prefers a party life and instead end up marrying a woman he was cheating with, who advises him to save maybe 10,000 shillings a month or invest in a small business,”