A dramatic incident occurred at a church in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, when a woman, asserting her status as the wife of a pastor, disrupted a wedding where her estranged husband was about to marry another woman.
The preparations were complete for Rev. Chomba of Vision Beyond Living Gospel Church in Ngurubani to exchange vows with his new partner, Regina, who is also a clergy member at the same church, when the situation escalated.
Accompanied by her five children, Rose halted the ceremony in an attempt to prevent Rev. Chomba from proceeding down the aisle.
Rose contended that their marriage, which was formalized in June 2013, remains legally binding.
“We went to church to solemnise our marriage according to the canonical rules and it was granted by a Kerugoya parish, so I wonder how he is wedding another wife without our knowledge,” she explained.
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A standoff ensued as the church’s security team resisted Rose’s attempts to stop the wedding with a section of the congregation and guests questioning her timing.
“We are wondering why they are coming at this time despite all the time they had to make objections during preparations,” noted one member of the church who was not impressed by the turn of events.
An angry rose claimed that Chomba abandoned her with five children and moved in with Regina who he was set to walk down the aisle with today.
Previous attempts to resolve the matter had been futile, leaving her with no option but to show up on her estranged husband’s big day.
She further accused him of planning to sell the family land after succeeding in abandoning the family.
“My mother had been struggling to take us to school. Now we suspect he wants to marry another woman so that they can sell our land and leave us with nothing,” noted one of the children.
Police from Wanguru police station were called in to contain the situation.
“We were called by a member of the public after an alarm was raised that there was a fight in the church,” Mwea East OCPD Patrick Nyaanga stated.
