Secret millionaire wives: Poor husbands die not knowing their women were rich

Most husbands only learn that their wives had been secretly accumulating wealth either when they die or after a divorce. Patrick Wachira* lost his wife to cancer in 2004.  The father of four sold some of his prime properties and his business suffered as he footed medical bills locally and abroad. By the time his wife was dying, he was financially drained.

But three months after his wife’s death, Wachira came to learn that his wife of 30 years had left a wide range of property to their children.