Pain and trauma may be the hardest mountains to climb in life but the truth is they are the lines to victory.Once you cross you become a hero in your own story.
While we are used to lies and graft expository narratives whenever politicians are involved one bold woman has decided to change the game inun predictable move.
Lucy Gichuhi, the first black African member of the Federal Parliament of Australia, has opened up about the physical violence she endured in her marriage.
The Kenyan-born senator has published a new book, Behind The Smile: From the Slopes of Mount Kenya to Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, where she talked about her personal life and political career.
In the book, Gichuhi details her reaction to infidelity and domestic violence, as well as her journey to the Upper House of parliament in 2017.
On one occasion in 1999, she recounted how all hell broke loose after her husband William Gichuhi, eavesdropped on one of her phone calls expressing frustration on his refusal to support the family.
She went on to reveal how her husband’s hand got hurt and started bleeding after he hit the wardrobe with his hand and broke the mirror.
“I was terrified, confused and shattered all at the same time. It brought back memories of being in Kenya when William had hit me hard and slapped me around the face after an argument,” she stated.
Gichuhi told The Australian, a local publication, how she once busted her husband, whom she’s still married to, sleeping with one of her seven sisters, who he was having a love affair with.
Senator Gichuhi says she chose to share her story in order to inspire and give hope to girls that they can still be whatever they want, no matter the challenges they encounter.