This archive report was first published on 4 September 2019.
On September 4, 2019, a Nairobi court adjourned divorce proceedings filed by Ms Marianne Kitany after she claimed she was mourning the death of her father-in-law.
However, her estranged husband, Meru Senator Mithika Linturi, opposed the adjournment, arguing that Ms Kitany was using her father-in-law's death as an excuse to delay the case.
Linturi's lawyer, Muthomi Thiankolu, argued that Ms Kitany was 'weeping louder than the bereaved' and that the matter should proceed because of the hardships he was undergoing after she obtained orders freezing his accounts and properties.
Chief Magistrate Peter Gesora adjourned the matter to the next day because Ms Kitany was not in court.
He declined to delve into claims that Mr Peter Linturi was shocked to hear Ms Kitany claiming she was the one who built him a house, when 'he has able sons and daughters.'
Ms Kitany's lawyer, Danstan Omari, said she was not ready to proceed with the case as she was mourning her father-in-law's death and planning to travel to Igembe to take part in the burial plans.
