For a long time the family of two prominent Kenyans have given quite a show in their messy divorce scandal. After the public clearly grew a picture of a victim in her union with senator Mithika Linturi after being publically evicted from home as well as spilling further assault and cheating details of the senator, the daughter out of the blues attacked Maryanne Keitany hurting her reputation.
The daughter on the contary to what the step mum had appeared to be, revealed that Keitany was introduced to them as a visitor who eventually stuck in their home.Days later Keitany changed from a sweet woman to a monster according to her.
Not long after the ugly separation war another Australia based Kenyan senator’s fallen marriage is trending in shocking details and angles.
In Australian senator Lucy Gichuhi’s newly released memoir, Behind The Smile: From the Slopes of Mount Kenya to Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, she revealed suffering domestic violence both physical and emotional while with her husband of more than 30 years.
“All hell broke loose, William did not say a single thing to me that whole week. He was furious…I asked him about a bill that needed to be paid. Suddenly, he charged at me like a raging bull and slapped me so hard across the face. He then hit the wardrobe with his hand and broke the mirror but hurt his hand, which started bleeding,” she narrates.
However in the Kenyan news outlets ,Joy Muringi, Ms. Gichuhi’s daughter, has accused her mother of publishing the book for selfish gains.
“Out of the three decades mentioned, I lived with my parents for 21 years of them. Never have I ever seen physical or emotional abuse. I am actively against domestic violence as it has sadly been a part of my extended families so I would never ever defend an abuser,” says Muringi.
“However, I am utterly disgusted that my mother would use her senatorial position to defame a wonderful man,” she adds.
She says that when their mother told them she would be releasing a book, they all thought she would be writing about her success story.