Ex-Capital FM host Pinky Ghelani shares how her dad openly practised bigamy

The son of the first wife once put a gun to my mum's head because he wanted money.

• "He was a businessman and he at some point worked with President Moi. There were a lot of problems after his death, my mum was in and out of court." -Pinky Ghelani 

Ex-Capital FM host Pinky Ghelani has opened up on how her dad openly practised bigamy despite it not being legal at the time.

Bigamy is the offence of marrying someone while already married to another person.

Ghelani says to make his 'mission' successful her dad wed Ghelani's mum in Tanzania.

"It was interesting watching my mum married as a second wife.

My dad never divorced his first wife, he was a hustler so he found a way to practice bigamy even though it was against the law. He took my mum to Tanzania and married her there."

Being married as a second wife did not come without its share of challenges for Ghelani's mum especially after she lost her husband.

Sharing her story during an interview with  Churchill, the mother of two shared,

"My dad died while I was age 6, there were a lot of problems because of the wealth he had accumulated.

He was a businessman and he at some point worked with President Moi. There were a lot of problems after his death, my mum was in and out of court.

The son of the first wife once burnt my mum on her leg with a skewer because he wanted money. He once put a gun to my mum's head because he wanted money."

Today Ghelani is a Gender Equality Advocate. 

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