On Saturday, August 20, a wealthy elderly real
estate manager John Njuguna Ng’ang’a and his young new wife Anne
Wairimu were celebrating their wedding at her Ruiru home when the man's
first wife Jane Njeri Njuguna, armed with a court injunction, stormed
the scene accompanied by the Officer
Commanding Ruiru Police Station. (Pictured: John at Ruiru Police Station. Inset: Jane Njeri and John during their wedding)
While the two women engaged in a scuffle, the old man was
whisked off to Ruiru Police Station where he spent the night. According to Njeri, her husband opted for a second wife because
one of her breasts was surgically removed due to cancer and that at one
time, he even insulted her that she no longer has anything special for
him.
"He has a right to marry even 10 wives, but what I want is the
property I acquired with him. It is painful to see another woman
enjoying my sweat after I have endured a lot of ridicule," said Njeri
Another
relative who declined to be named said, "We were shocked and ashamed
when our mum revealed how Njuguna insulted her that she is useless now
that she has nothing on her chest for enjoyment."
Njuguna refused to speak to Sahara Tribune at the police station,
instead he just laughed off the matter. Njeri claims she was shocked to
learn that Njuguna had found a
younger woman to marry just days to the secret wedding, forcing her to
seek intervention from the courts.
"When the order was delivered at the woman’s house where the wedding
was supposed to be held, he was not around, but he later signed it," a
close relative told The Nairobian. "We thought he would obey the order,
only for word to reach us that the wedding was going on. Luckily, we
arrived in time and saved the situation."
Njeri, a mother of six, says she met Njuguna in college in Machakos and that their love
blossomed in Kakamega where he was posted as a clinical officer and
where she worked briefly as a nurse. The two tied the knot at a church
wedding in Thika following her transfer from Kakamega.
"I decided to quit the government after we got married. We opened our
own clinic to allow us to settle down and raise a family like anyone
else,"
With money rolling in, the couple lived on the fast lane, raising
their children and investing in plots and other businesses until
misfortune struck in 2004.
"I realised I had a lump in my right breast and upon further
investigation, it was confirmed that I had breast cancer,” Njeri said, adding that she opted for a mastectomy to save her life.
Njuguna was
initially supportive, Njeri admitted and when he was attacked by thugs
who seriously injured his
limbs and left him confined to wheelchair for three years, she took care
of him until he healed. Things started falling apart when in 2012,
Njuguna teamed up
with a close relative who works in real estate and deals in houses of
high-profile figures in government and with time rose to the position of
a manager of the company.
"Around 2013 and 2014, he started changing and would even step away
from me whenever he received a phone call. Things moved from bad to
worse when, in August 2015, he came home and found me in bed. I remember
he insulted me about my body and kicked me out of the house saying his
home was not a hospital ward and I ought to find one," said Njeri.
Fearing for her life, Njeri says she left for her parents’ home where she
opened a small business to sustain her life before Njuguna’s brother
intervened and brought her back home.
"I returned to my matrimonial home briefly but fled when he arrived in a foul mood and attempted to attack me,” she claimed.
Source: saharatribune.com
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