Marathon star Lucy Kabuu has denied claims by her ex-husband, Jeremiah Maina, that he was her coach when she was an active athlete.
Testifying in a dispute over property valued at Sh70 million, Kabuu also refuted claims that Maina was earning at least Sh100,000 every month for coaching her.
“He has never been my coach nor my assistant coach,” Kabuu testified before Judge Samwel Mohochi on Tuesday.
She used a photograph taken in January 2012 as she practiced for the Dubai Marathon to defend her claim.
Maina argued that he was pacesetting for Kabuu as he coached her when the photo was taken.
“You cannot be a pacesetter and be behind the athlete. As per the photo, Maina was behind me and therefore his claim is false,” she testified.
Kabuu said she only had two coaches: Nicole Gabriella and her assistant Joseph Cheroney.
Kabuu urged the judge to block Maina, with whom she divorced in 2020, from the matrimonial estate, insisting that he contributed nothing.
She also wants the court to order all properties listed under Maina’s name to be reverted back to hers.
Further, the 2006 commonwealth 10,000 metres champion pleaded with the court to restrain Maina from allegedly threatening her and interfering with her personal life.
Kabuu testified that she bought her first property on February 16, 2002, seven years before she met Maina.
She testified that after she got married to Maina in 2009, she provided money that was used to buy one of their vehicles from the Sh16 million she had earned.
She said she trusted Maina to the point that all her earnings, which were in dollars, were being deposited in his bank accounts.
She accused Maina of fabricating documents to deceive the court.
According to Kabuu, Maina entered the marriage just to steal from her.
“He made irregular transfers of properties and caused a wedge between my family and I. In the end, he ruined my life,” she testified.
In his testimony earlier, Maina testified that he wants 50 per cent of the estate. He said that he helped accumulate the matrimonial estate.
Judgement is set for January 19.