BY SAM ALFAN.
A woman who stopped the burial of Matungu Member of Parliament Justus Murunga has denied meeting his two wives during his courtship with the deceased.
Agnes Wangui told the court that Mr Murunga never allowed her to meet with Christabel Murunga Grace Masitsa, his widows.
Through lawyer Danstan Omari, Wangui said she doesn’t know them on individual basis, but she only knew of their existence through Murunga.
“It is utterly misleading for the applicants to claim that I have not made any attempts to contact them regarding this matter, when the truth is that when we had agreed to meet over the same, they sent a third party (a brother-in-law) who is a stranger to this suit,” says Wangui.
Wangui added that court orders are to be unconditionally obeyed and it is rather outrageous, contemptuous, ridiculous and flies against the face of logic for the widows to demand from her Sh10 million as security and condition to stop the burial.
She said that prior to his death, Murunga had intimated to her of his intentions to permanently settle her and the children in Karen, Nairobi where he had purchased a parcel of land and construction plans were in the pipeline.
She further said the deceased had also expressed wishes of settling down with her at their would be home, formalize their union before making it known to his family or the public.
“As a matter of fact, he had wished that the same be conducted in accordance with Agikuyu marriage customs,” she said.
Unfortunately, she said, death robbed him before he could actualize his intentions.
She said she filed the primary suit in good faith on behalf of the minors, and it is her prayer that the same be expeditiously determined to meet the ends of justice and the best interests of the minors.
“I am ready and willing to have the DNA test conducted soonest possible, but at the cost of the family or the estate of the deceased since I consciously and strongly believe that by virtue of being the deceased’s children, such costs should be borne by their father’s estate”, Wamburi adds.
She adds that she was and still willing to ensure that the deceased is laid to rest but it should be after the DNA results are officially presented to both parties.
She also wants a guarantee that the children will also be included in the burial arrangements and final rites and further, they be recognized as the Murunga’s children.
