'The miraa Linturi gave me symbolized manhood' - Marianne Kitany

Piece by: Peninah Njoki
Lifestyle

The divorce hearing between Meru senator Mithika Linturi is ongoing. The hearing is in public after Kitany declined to have a private hearing.

Kaitany was expected to complete her testimony and also play several videos showing that she was married to him.

Linturi has also brought a VHS showing his wedding day.

Kitany says she got her marriage decree in December of 2015. Then she was free to marry Linturi in 2016.

The wedding was done on March 26.

Kitany has provided a video of photos confirming the traditional wedding to Linturu. They are in a flash disk.

The first photo shows Kitany smiling holding a bunch of miraa.

The second photo shows Linturi and Kitany and a few her uncles. They were describing to her how the Miraa will be a symbol of the marriage.

Linturi was wearing a blue striped T-shirt. The next photo shows Kitany chewing a leaf of miraa.

The next photo shows Linturi handing over the bunch of miraa to her while having a big smile on his face.

The Miraa handed to her had a symbol of a manhood.

Another photo shows him in Nakuru ready to go to her parents home in Nandi.