John
Kanyua claims he lost his wife after the man of God asked her to become
an assistant pastor at the church/Nairobi News Source: UGC
Bishop Wangivi of Joy Springs Church in Kiambu, Kenya has been accused
of snatching the wife of a man whose wedding he presided over.
The distraught husband, John Kanyua said he lost his wife of 26 years,
Leah Wambui to the randy Bishop after he approached her to become an
assistant pastor in his church. The businessman admitted not taking the
Bishop’s consistent admiration for his wife seriously until he took off
with his wife.
Kanyua revealed that he got suspcious of his wife’s amorous relationship
with the Bishop after he started visiting his house in the morning,
spending the entire day locked in with her. The Bishop however ran away
with his wife after he sought the intervention of the local
administration and members of the clergy.
“This fueled the issue further as the pastor later ran away with my
wife and children and rented a house in a nearby market where they
live,” he said.
He further disclosed that he has been contacted by his wife’s parents to
accept repayment of the dowry he paid to them to pave way for the new
wedding of their daughter. Kanyua hower said he refused the offer.
“This is unacceptable and I wouldn’t sit back and watch someone take
my family. If the government does not intervene, I will choose my ways.
It has taken me a lot to grow the family all those years. I will not
allow the wedding to continue. I can also seek legal redress. Let her
stop soiling her name and ask for forgiveness, then I will take her
back,” he said.
The Bishop’s wife of 34 years, Agnes Wangivi also confirmed the
incident. The mother of three recalled having Leah over for family
dinners though in the absence of her husband and on invitation of her
own husband.
“I strongly objected the appointment, but he was determined to have
his way. I confronted Leah and threatened her not to play games with my
husband. She looked innocent, and I gave in.
“ I started questioning their friendship. I confronted Kanyua to keep
his wife away from my husband, but he seemed blindfolded. My husband
developed cold feet on his family and ran away to Leah in 2015,” she said.
Agnes said she still cannot understand why her husband got tired of her
despite the challenges they went through to build their lives in their
younger years.
“We have gone through a lot when we started the church to grow it.
To have all the property we have, we went through a lot, and then
someone wants to throw it away by marrying a stranger. I can’t allow
this,” she said.