PREMIUM The long search for a father figure: Struggles single mothers, widows face Every child deserves a loving, dependable father figure. DN2 Just now Listen

” Colleague as father figure Wendy Mbuki Gachuki is a single mother of one whose baby daddy first saw their daughter when she was about six years old Photo credit: Pool Like Wendy, Mercy Mulwa, 28, also has her struggles.” Widows and father figures Widows, too, struggle with finding someone who can fill the void left by a husband’s death and become a positive father figure for their children.“Because of the psychological pressures of raising children, single mums try to bring a man to provide that father figure role to their children.