Veteran politician Jackson Kibor’s divorce case will finally be determined by a court in Eldoret on October 6.
Kibor wants to end his 51-year marriage to Josephine over claims of
desertion, cruelty and interference with his land.
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Chief magistrate Charles Obulutsa set the date for a ruling after Kibor and Josphine's lawyers gave the court their final written submissions.
“I love my husband and I don’t know why he wants to divorce me”, Josphine has insisted in court papers, and wants the court to throw out the case.
While testifying in court, the politician cum businessman claimed the woman
travelled to Canada on several occasions without his permission, leaving their animals to die on their 800-acre farm at Kipkabus.
But Josephine denied the allegations saying she always asked her husband if she could visit their daughter in Canada and seek medication while there.
She gave the court photographs of the family at joint meetings saying they had been happy.
Josphine claimed their problems started when Kibor married his fourth wife Yunita. She said he then became interested in selling part of the Kipkabus land but she placed a caveat on it to stop this.
But Kibor said: “When I married her she did not come with land so it should not be her business. I have said she is bad and I do not need her anymore. All I want is a quick divorce so I can move on."
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Kibor is being represented by lawyer Waziri Omollo while Josphine’s lawyer is Amos Magut.
In the same court on Monday, Kibor’s daughter Loise Kibor was charged with a criminal offense.
Loyce
Kibor, who was also a Jubilee aspirant for Uasin Gishu woman representative, was charged with obtaining money by false pretenses.
Loyce
allegedly defrauded businessman Hosea Tenai of Sh1,685,000 while pretending she could import a car for him.
It is said she committed the offence between
April 16 and June 8.
The woman was arrested and arraigned after failing to honour summons twice, claiming she had been unwell.
She is Josephine's daughter and a witness in the
divorce case.
But during a hearing of the divorce case earlier this year, Kibor said he was not sure she is his daughter and that only a DNA test could confirm this.
Loyce gave her testimony in the divorce case through a written submission in which she defended her mother saying she had been committed to hermarriage.
