This archive report was first published on 9 November 2019.
On November 9, 2019, a love and property dispute involving Eldoret Magistrate Diana Wikunza Milimu and lawyer Edwin Wafula Wawire came to a head in Kakamega Chief Magistrate's court.
Wikunza had sued Wawire over claims that he disposed off some assets without her consent, including an ultra-modern bungalow estimated to be worth Sh15 million, sitting on a half an acre parcel of land in Kakamega.
However, Wawire refuted claims that they were married, stating that they were friends between 2012 and 2015 when Wikunza was a student at Moi University.
Wawire further argued that the friendship was never intended to lead to marriage and claimed that Wikunza had relations “with other men.”
He dismissed the marriage agreement saying the document did not bear his signature thus it was a forgery.
Wawire also claimed that he built the house single handedly as Wikunza was not working at the time, hence could not offer any help.
“I acquired the suit property using my own resources and I neither requested nor received any assistance from the plaintiff who in any event could not have been in any position to provide,” said Wawire.
Chief Magistrate Bildad Ochieng’ dismissed the petition and marked the matter closed.
