Nairobi, March 27 -- One President, two first ladies. That is the dawning reality in Senegal today because a polygamous man, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is the country's president-elect after Sunday's elections.

He joins a tiny league of African presidents who have had more than one official wife.

However, we are not likely to hear "I only have one wife" (or the more probable French version "Je n'ai qu'une epouse") like it once happened in Kenya's top seat because Mr Faye is a Muslim.

Safe to say, Senegal can have as many as four first ladies.

Kenya's President, William Ruto, earned a nickname alluding to Zacchaeus (known as Zakayo in Kiswahili), the tax collector in the Bible, due to the tax policies he introduced when he took over power ...