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I won't divorce Kibor, wife tells court

Josephine Jepkoech the wife of prominent farmer and politician in Uasin Gishu Jackson Kibor before the Eldoret Chief Magistrate's Court where she testified in a divorce case filed by her husband of 52 years. She swore not to break vows to keep their marriage intact until death, saying her husband has no valid reason to divorce her because they have never disagreed all through their marriage. PHOTO BY MICHAEL OLLINGA 27.07.2017

The wife of prominent farmer and politician Jackson Kibor has vowed she will not divorce her husband of 52 years and that only death will separate them.

Josephine Jepkoech, 69, who was being cross-examined by her lawyer Amos Magut and Mr Kibor's lawyers Mark Waziri and Richard Wainaina, said her husband's petition for divorce did not hold any water.

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