BY IRENE ONYANGO.
Two widows are fighting over the remains of an elderly man who died recently with each of the women claiming the right to bury him.
Grace Rigiri, the first wife of Silas Lamuta Igweta moved to court seeking to be granted the right to bury the man who died aged 100 years. The woman wants the remains interred at their matrimonial home in Embu.
However, Sarah Kathambi, opposed the petition saying Igweta and Grace separated 40 years ago.
Through lawyer Danstan Omari, the widow said their separation was based on cruelty on the part of Rigiri and her family.
Sarah further says that for the past 40 years, she has been the closest person to her late husband.
“My late husband has never acted as a husband to Rigiri since I met him 40 years ago, we’ve built our home together where we lived with our children in a nuclear family unit,” stated Kathambi.
She further argues that her husband was a true Meru man with ego, a man who was in charge of public works in Meru with Influence and had the power in the community.
Sarah said it could therefore be true that Igweta would be coerced either by a man or woman to leave his house and move to an undisclosed area as alleged by the former wife in an affidavit.
Kathambi further argues that her and her family took care of her late husband through his sickness without any help from Grace.
