Explicit video in Linturi’s phone drove me to divorce him- Marianne Kitany

 Meru Senator Mithika Linturi and Marianne Kitany.

Former chief of staff at the Deputy President’s office, Marianne Kitany, on Wednesday told a Nairobi court that she decided to end her marriage with Meru Senator Mithika Linturi after seeing pornographic materials in his phone.

Kitany said one day she peeped at her husband’s phone and “found a woman had sent him a pornographic video.”

That discovery, on top of being denied her conjugal rights, drove Ms Kitany into filing for a formal separation from the former Igembe South MP.

“I filed for divorce because Linturi was cheating on me,” Ms Kitany told the court, adding: “He slept with other women in town. He would come home late, and did not want to give me my conjugal rights,” said Kitany.

In the ongoing divorce case, Kitany also alleged that Linturi had hired a lady to poison her. According to Kitany’s statement, the lady was ostensibly supposed to cultivate a friendship with her before eventually poisoning her food.

“Linturi threatened he would kill me,” said Ms Kitany, adding: “He even reported to police that I wanted to steal his property.”

She further told the court that the Senator “told police that my children, who were staying with us in the Runda home were terrorists”.

“They broke the gate; broke one door and dogs entered the house. All the while, Linturi was giving people instructions while police were watching. We were ordered to get out of the house and we complied and left it to the police,” Kitany stated.

She added that there was no court order allowing them to be evicted and were driven out of the house with only what they had on.

She narrated that they lifted the seat that they were seated on and threw them down and even slapped her son.

The divorce hearing continues.