This archive report was first published on 28 August 2019.
Former Chief of Staff at Deputy President William Ruto's office Marianne Kitany has accused her husband, Meru Senator Mithika Linturi, of adultery in their divorce case.
Kitany made the allegations in court on Wednesday, August 28, 2019, citing reasons for filing for divorce against the politician.
She claimed that she once went through her husband's mobile phone after suspecting that he was cheating on her with another woman.
Kitany told Chief Magistrate Peter Gesora that she confronted her husband and he promised to change, but he did not.
She also accused her husband of forging documents relating to a company to which he and her brother were co-directors, and using title deeds to secure a loan.
Kitany further alleged that her husband had invited women to their Meru home, which led to the death of her househelp last year.
She claimed that the househelp had informed her that she wanted to talk to her, but when pressed for details, she started crying and died a few days later.
Kitany told the court that she decided to file for divorce after trying in vain to save her marriage.
She recalled an incident last December 19 when she and her children were thrown out of their matrimonial home in Runda by 'goons and police officers' as her husband watched.
Kitany said that the group arrived in a bus and broke the gate at the Mae Ridge home and ordered her and the children out of the house.
She managed to retrieve some of her belongings with the help of the Deputy Registrar of the High Court.
