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Polygamist man, 76, battles suit to save 50-year old marriage

Onesmus Waweru Githiomi leaves Kangema Magistrates Court after testifying in the divorce case between Marcella Mukami and Peter Kinyugo. Githiomi was the couple’s bestman during their wedding in 1965. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

A 76-year-man is fighting to stop a divorce suit filed against him by his first wife.

Peter Kinyugo told Kangema Senior Resident Magistrate Dennis Kivuti that he still loves his wife of 50 years, Marcella Mukami, 73.

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