Mimi nakuanga mpole but when I am irritated, mimi ni nyuki. Last month was not my month. I cried for the first time in 10 years. The last time I showed any tears was when my grandmother died. I love my wife with all my heart and I would take a bullet for her. We have two children who are both school going. My last born is in nursery while the first born is in standard two. During my entire marriage, I have had only one slip-up. This was when she was in labour and my maid confused me. The wife thankfully did not detect anything. I work a as a lab technician at a pharmaceutical company and my wife works in Kitengela as a secretary.
Each morning, we go our separate ways and converge in the evening. Last week on Tuesday, I left my wife in the house and proceeded to work. She had been complaining the previous night about feeling unwell. For sure, she looked weak in the morning. I gave her KSh2,000 to use in case of any emergency and proceeded on my way. An unfortunate thing happened when I reached my workplace. My boss instructed me to go to town and collect some drugs. The drugs were to arrive at 2pm and I had a lot of time at my disposal. Since I still had my wife in my thoughts, I decided to go check how she was faring.
On reaching my house at Pipeline, I found the main door open. There were also shoes belonging to a man laid by the welcome mat. I became curious to know who it was. Entering the house slowly, I keenly looked around. In the bedroom, the radio was on but there was a sound I heard that did not please me. From afar, came the words: “Nikikupea utasema? Aki usinirarurie nguo.Oops! Imeingia Yote?” I could not believe what I was hearing. My wife was sharing herself with another man. I broke into a sweat as my temper started rising. All of a sudden, my good senses left me and I picked up the gardening panga propped up on the kitchen wall.
I gathered courage and opened my door at once. What I saw floored me. My wife of 10 years was lying underneath my neighbour who worked as an army officer. This quickly extinguished my ambition to finish him. The man was trained on how to eliminate a threat, there was no way I could defeat him. He looked at me and said coarsely, “Funga huo mlango!” Before I shut the door, I asked my wife, “Mbona unanifanyia hivi? Si hata ungefanyia kwingine.” My wife replied, “Huyu ndio baba watoto. Ujue hivo kutoka leo!” I started living alone from that day.
I felt bad about leaving my children behind.