Another day to Remind y'all that a Man benefits nothing in that thing called Mareej. Captain Patrick Waweru Mwangi is a Kenyan commercial pilot who once considered becoming a Catholic priest. He found himself living through a betrayal he never saw coming, after 34 years of marriage and five children.
For most of those years, the arrangement between him and his wife worked well. He flew, earned, and transferred money into an account she managed. He also took out a loan the couple used to start a school, which she ran. He never doubted her, and every project they planned together she managed well, he said.
The cracks started showing around 2016. Disagreements at home became more frequent, especially when he was between flying contracts. He noticed his wife growing distant but did not think much of it at the time.
The moment everything changed came through a phone call from their security guard at their Kileleshwa home. The guard asked if he had sent anyone to collect items from the house.
When he asked for details, the guard told him movers were loading household belongings onto a lorry. He left his lunch in Dagoretti and rushed home. He told the guard not to open the gate until he arrived. When he got there, the movers were still clearing the house.
His wife had directed their children, who were present, to help with the move. When he confronted her, she said nothing. He said if he had not arrived in time, they would have left him with nothing. Faced with losing everything, he grabbed a piece of paper.
The two of them drew up separate lists of what each would take. Shortly after, a man came to his Muthaiga residence and handed him an envelope to sign for. Inside were divorce papers, along with a list of allegations that left him stunned.
Captain Waweru moved out and started rebuilding his life through a company he had registered years earlier. Money was tight, and he was no longer flying regularly. After paying his children's school fees, there was little left over.
Then his wife called him. Their son needed a kidney transplant. Captain Waweru donated one of his kidneys. That gesture brought a period of reconciliation, and he agreed to move into a house she had built. The peace did not last.
Communication between them stayed strained. Tensions came back over something as small as where a water pipe had been installed. The disagreement escalated into a confrontation that ended with police involvement.
The matter is now before the courts. His wife allegedly claims that all the shared properties, including the family home and the school, belong to her alone. She reportedly says the documents were transferred into her name as far back as 2014, without his knowledge.
Captain Waweru says his children have been led to believe he contributed little to the family over the years. He says he is still struggling to pay his legal fees. He says he owns nothing now and is not ashamed to ask for help.
This is his account of events. The matter remains before the courts. May Yehova Wanyonyi remember his poor pipoos in that thing called Mareej.
Sons of Adonija are in love while daughters of Agrippina are in business. Let me leave you with a khoi khoi and son proverb that says, "A poor man accepts that he is poor but a poor woman knows that she's poor because she's married to a poor man". Chesaa!!