Meru Senator Mithika Linturi now claims that a divorce petition produced by his estranged wife Marianne Kitany which shows he divorced his former wife, before marrying her was a forgery
The senator insists that he never divorced his former wife as alleged by Kitany and that the file number produced in court belongs to another party.
Through his lawyer Muthomi Thiankolu, Linturi says he wrote to the Deputy Registrar, Family Division to confirm the genuineness of the said divorce petition which is being used in the divorce court in Meru.
The deputy registrar confirmed through a letter that the case number belonged to different parties namely Elizabeth Ann Patricia Hennessy – Petitioner vs. Parrie Andrew Hennessy Respondent and not Franklin Mithika vs. Mercy Kaimenyi as alleged by Kitany.
Linturi disowned Kitany and now claims that Kitany was not his wife and was only a visitor at his Runda home.
“I am still engaged in a monogamous marriage to Mercy Kaimenyi Mithika and thus I have no capacity in law to engage in any other marriage relationship before dissolving a statutory marriage,” he claimed in court documents.
In the divorce proceedings in Meru, Kitany however claims she underwent customary marriage to Linturi in accordance with Meru customs and practices on April 16, 2016.
She claims that the same was followed by another ceremony conducted between December 23 and 26 2016 at Meru.
She avers that prior to their marriage, they had cohabited from the year 2014 as husband and wife then residing at her house within Kileleshwa.
Last week Wednesday, a Nairobi high court restrained the senator from interfering with six matrimonial properties which he allegedly co-owns with his estranged wife Marianne Kitany.
Justice John Onyiego further barred the senator from withdrawing, transferring or interfering with monies held in five bank accounts namely; .
The senator was also restrained from wasting, damaging or interfering with matrimonial vehicles; a Range Rover and Toyota Land Cruiser used by his estranged wife Marianne Kitany.
