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Veteran politician seeks to divorce wife after 51 years

Mrs Josphine Jepkoech at the Eldoret Law Courts on Friday. Mr Kibor has filed a petition seeking to divorce his second wife. [PHOTOS: PETER OCHIENG/STANDARD]

Controversial Uasin Gishu farmer and politician Jackson Kibor has moved to court seeking to divorce his wife after 51 years of marriage for alleged desertion and cruelty.

The petition, Divorce Cause No. 9 of 2014, filed by Mr Kibor against Josephine Jepkoech who according to a marriage certificate approved under the Colony and Protectorate Law of Kenya, were united on February 27, 1965.

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