BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
The estranged wife of Meru senator Mithika Linturi, Marianne Kitany will attend the burial of the politician’s father in Igembe tomorrow.
The couple is entangled in a bitter court battle over matrimonial property after Kitany filed for divorce. The case is pending in court and hearing resumes on September 24.
Speaking at Milimani law court, Kitany’s lawyer Danstan Omari said she will attend the burial of her father in-law to give her his last respect. He said she has already secured two choppers for the event.
Lawyer Omari said Kitany has moral, social and cultural obligation to attend the burial of her father in-law. “The people she is going to condole with are people she cooked for, for long time. People she worked with and for and are relatives,” he said.
Kittany confirmed personally confirmed to NairobiTimez she will be attending the burial in Egembe.
“I will be there to mourn my father in law whether bmithika wants or not. My father in law loved me and respected my family so me and my family will be there to pay our last respects”, said Kittany.
Omari dismissed claims of drama during the funeral should Kitany meet hostility. “And if anything, the security apparatus are still working to prevent any acts of lawlessness,” Omari said.
The trial was adjourned last month for a day to allow her mourn the passing of senior Linturi. Curiously, the Senator wanted the case to proceed arguing that she should not use his father’s death to delay the matter yet he was suffering. He also claimed that his father was shocked to hear her claim that she was the one who built him a house yet he has able sons and daughters.
