Pastor sends pregnant wife packing 87 days after wedding, blames her for low tithe and congregation in his church
Apostle Kenneth Kiarie
of God’s Covenant Holiness Church in Mihang’o, Kayole in Nairobi ended his
marriage of 87 days and sent his 23-year-old pregnant wife packing. They wedded
in April this year.
The 30-year-old pastor
told The Nairobian that he hurriedly married Marion Wagitu “because being a
pastor, I needed a wife officially married in church." adding that he
borrowed money to finance their wedding which has now left him in debt.
The pastor is being
accused of throwing out his newly wedded wife to marry another woman. Even
before the honeymoon was over, their marriage hit the rocks sometime in July,
with both parties pointing accusing fingers at each other.
"He used to tell me that if I left, I would
not get a husband, and that he had scores of beautiful girls hanging around
him," says Marion, who is now back at her Murang’a village.
Marion says he married Kiarie
because he is a pastor, but their marriage has been a bumpy one, with Kiarie
allegedly blaming her for the declining congregation numbers and tithe amounts
in his church, because of her odd behaviours in and out of the church.
"He blames me over a Sh70,000 debt he
incurred to fund the wedding. He claimed I threw hot tea and stove at him and
attempted to beat him in front of his parents,” says Marion, adding that the
man of God often left her with Sh5 for cooking oil on grounds that she was a
villager.
However, Pastor Kiarie
denied the accusation and instead accused Marion of destroying their marriage
through her weird behaviour, offensive words, attempt to assault him in front
of friends and blood relations and accusing him of infidelity.
"Actually, that was the third time I chased
her and it has now been successful. She wanted to control me but that is not
African. I said we rather separate than have one of us dead," he explains.
Marion felt offended
that Kiarie rarely funded her salon makeover sessions, while Kiarie says that:
"She even said I never bought her
underwear. I don’t consider her sober and I want her sanity checked. I believe
nobody can stay with her unless she changes."
The short-lived marriage
has been the talk of the village in Gaturi, Murang’a County and in Kayole.
Kiarie says events that followed the wedding left him broke and unable to cater
for her and their unborn baby.
"I did not want to send her away. I have never
assaulted her, but being a pastor, everybody thinks I am the problem. A wife
means a lot to a man, but Marion is not worth living with. She will harm
me,"claims Kiarie.
While Marion claims the
pastor was pressurised by his parents and siblings to dump her, Kiarie says she
was spoilt by her parents who failed to reach out to the other side and mend
differences.
Both admitted that the
four months they courted was too short to really know each other.
"We had not shared a house or bed before we
wedded,” says Kiarie.
Marion’s father, Gabriel
Chege says he overlooked Kikuyu traditions by allowing the wedding to take
place before Kiarie had paid bride price.
Source: SDE.CO,KE
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