This archive report was first published on 18 November 2019.
On November 18, 2019, a shocking incident occurred in Kenya when Joyce Syombua was murdered by her husband, Major Peter Mugure. In the aftermath of this tragic event, a military officer, Peter, shared his own story of heartache and forgiveness on Classic 105.
According to Peter, his wife had been unfaithful to him while he was away protecting Kenya's territory. She had become pregnant with another man's child and had attempted to procure an abortion. However, Peter had refused to let her do so, wanting to know the true identity of the child's father.
'My wife started sleeping with another man and got pregnant in the process. Upon realizing her mistake she tried to procure an abortion,' Peter told Maina Kageni. 'I told her not to do so as SHT had already happened. I wanted her to know I had accepted her pregnancy but I wanted her to give birth so that we could find out the real identity of the child's father.'
Despite his forgiveness, Peter had not taken his wife back. He had chosen to stay with their children, but only the one they had together. Peter's words of wisdom were that people should not resort to violence when relationships go sour. 'This issue of people killing is just creating problems,' he said. 'You were living without that person (wife/husband) before and you can always start life afresh if things do not work out.'
