Mwanaisha Chidzuga mourns passing of mother-in-law

By Too Jared | 3yrs ago | 3 min read

Mwanaisha Chidzuga and her husband, ex-Garsen MP Danson Mungatana, are grieving the passing of Martha Mghoi, the mother to the politician and National Secretary General of Narc Kenya. She was 72.

In an Instagram post, Chidzuga mourned Martha as God’s gift to her family saying she will be dearly missed. "Dear Mama Martha, I celebrate you today. You were a matriarch of our family a woman, a mother, my mother-in-law and Yayee to our children. Now you've gone to be with the Lord we give thanks to the Almighty for blessing us with your love, care guidance. You were really God's gift to us and to the world. You will be missed,” she wrote.

“Rest well Mama Martha Mghoi Mungatana, rest well Yayee till we meet again... The late Martha will be remembered for her major contribution to women development in Tana River being the founder of YWCA in Tana River, Focus on matters education and fight for the rights of widows. She went to be with the Lord on 2nd January 2021 at 10 PM.” Her cause of death has not yet been revealed.

A very challenging start to the year for Mungatana and the former K24 anchor, who during her 37th birthday, said she survived a road accident in early 2020 and contracted Covid-19 shortly after she lost her news anchor job. "I started having a fever, coughs, breathing complications and this prompted me to seek medical services. After getting tested for Covid-19, the results turned out to be positive. I believe this was a sign from God to take better care of myself," shared the celebrated media personality.

"My father was worried that the virus could spread within the family, but to his surprise, within two weeks I had completely recovered. This year, though, it's different from other years. It has been tough as I've faced challenges, I have been tested and found myself in situations that I thought I would never be. During the beginning of the year, I survived an accident in Nairobi that saw my car lose control and veer off the road. The car was left a mangled wreck but thank God I lived to tell the tale,"

Opening up about her relationship with the former assistant minister, Chidzuga said he is a dotting husband and pillar. "#Mumewangumzuri you are 50yrs old today. Thank you for being my pillar of strength the love of my life and for your unconditional support. We love you and cheers to the next chapter of your life. One day will tell our story Inshallah. Much Blessings #50looksgoodonyou," she posted in celebration of Mungatana’s birthday.

She went on to tell off critics who castigated her for ‘sharing her husband with former Miss Kenya and anti-jigger crusader, Cecilia Mwangi.’

“Kindly note that I Mwanaisha Chidzuga was never a co-wife to one Cecilia Mwangi. Please stop dragging my name and that of my family into this madness. Hapa mapenzi tu...wenya shingo za feni jipeni shughuli ((It’s all about love here... haters should find something better to do ),” Chidzuga captioned a selfie of her with Mungatana. “Nothing can shake the love that God has given us as a family. What is being said outside will never shake, change or affect me. We shall continue to raise our family as God continues to give us strength,” she later told The Nairobian.