• In a dramatic turn of events in Kakamega, a woman named Anne Nekoye Nalianya filed for divorce from her husband of seven years
  • The grounds for this decision include the denial of conjugal rights and other irreconcilable differences that plagued their marriage
  • Her husband, Nicodemus Vilembwa Namusei, a teacher and preacher, responded by saying the woman left their matrimonial home

Kakamega – A Kakamega woman has filed for divorce from her husband of seven years over the denial of conjugal rights and other irreconcilable differences.

The Kakamega woman said her husband has not touched her since 2019. Photo: Sean Gladwell. Source: Getty Images

The Kakamega woman said her husband has not touched her since 2019. 

Anne Nekoye Nalianya told the court that she and her husband had not had any romantic moments since January 2019 and explained other reasons why she wanted a dissolution of their union.

What are grounds for divorce?

Nalianya said besides the denial of conjugal rights, she and her hubby did not acquire any marital property in the course of their marriage.

“My husband denies me conjugal rights. I seek divorce. It is now almost five years since we had intimacy with my husband,” the mother of four told court as reported by Capemedia.Africa.

In his response, Nicodemus Vilembwa Namusei, a teacher and pastor, said his wife left their marital home in 2016, adding that disagreements began three days after they tied the knot.

However, on her part, Nalianya claimed she only had a marital home in 2021, adding she took loans to finance assets bought in the course of their union.

Principal Magistrate Angeline Odao will judge the case on September 20.

Pastors asks wives to stop withholding romance

In other news, reverend Lydia Kahiga made headlines for urging women to stop withholding intimacy from their husbands as a form of punishment.

In a sermon that went viral on social media, the pastor advised women to allow their husbands time with them regardless of existing marital differences.

Kahiga argued that withholding sex was not only a violation of the marital covenant, but also a form of emotional abuse that could drive husbands away from their wives and towards infidelity.

She controversially stated that if a woman owns something she doesn’t use, she should allow others to use it.