Sometimes it’s shocking to the extreme people can go for their own selfish gains. I do not know your reaction to the following story, but what society has placed from days’ memorial, domestic wrangles can be difficult to understand. We hear of such stories every other day but the most important thing is having a middle ground, don’t you agree? A Nakuru Court has given a 71-year-old man one last chance to reconcile with his 64-year-old wife or face a divorce suit. Chemutai filed a suit seeking to divorce Lang’at for demanding a share of their daughter’s bride price. In her petition, she wants her husband to be stopped from meddling with their daughter’s life and dowry, arguing that he abandoned them.
Senior Resident Magistrate Yvonne
The couple married on January 31, 1992 at the Registrar of Marriages after living together for years. However, they separated two years later following disagreements and domestic wrangles. Chemutai says Lang’at kept away until early 2017 when he contacted her demanding a share of their daughter’s bride price. Chemutai said she did not seek support from Lang’at to bring up her daughter. “The main reason I am filing this petition is to stop him from benefiting from our daughter’s bride price since he abandoned her while she was still young,” said Chemutai.
“The respondent deserted the petitioner without cause or consent. He withdrew from cohabitation with the petitioner and denied her conjugal rights at their matrimonial home in Salgaa, Rongai sub-county within Nakuru County,” reads the petition. Chemutai claimed that she fled to her parents’ home together with her three children to escape torture by Lang’at. Since then, she said, she has been taking care of the children without her husband’s help. However, Lang’at denied this.
“I never deserted my wife. In fact, she is the one who deserted me, cut off communication and denied me the chance to be with my children and take care for them,” claimed Lang’at. Ms Khatambi directed that the respondent be handed a last chance to reconcile with his wife failure to which the suit will be booked for hearing.