Two Kenyans who have been leading a lavish lifestyle are fighting for the custody of a two-year-old boy in the United States (US).
Peter Njoroge Gathiaka and his wife Joan Wambui are embroiled in a tussle after the latter denied the husband access to his son.
So disturbed was Njoroge that he took a step to give a media interview in the US where he accused his mother-in-law Hellen Waitherero Mubea of being behind his woes.
According to him, the mother-in-law is the one who has been pushing her daughter to disregard a court order which allowed him to visit and bond with his son.
“I met my former girlfriend and I helped her emigrate to the US where we kicked off a relationship that led to the birth of the son in December 2018,” he said.
Njoroge said that he later opted to travel to Kenya with Wambui, little did he know that they were in plans to kick him out of her life.
According to him, they agreed with his wife that she would stay for a few days with the mother-in-law who K24 Digital has established is a headteacher at a local school within Kiambu County.
However, in December 2019, Wambui left the son with her mother and went back to the US without informing her husband.
Immediately, she landed in the US, Wambui and her mother started demanding Sh75,000 for monthly upkeep as they accuse him of being irresponsible.
Njoroge now says that he is now depressed since he last saw his son in December 2019 when he only took a birthday cake to him.
A Kiambu Senior Resident Magistrate Wilson Radig on August 6 ordered that Njoroge should be granted access to his son any time he wants as from Friday 10 am and Monday 10 am.
However, it has emerged that the mother-in-law later made away with the minor to an unknown destination.
He said that he has tried to seek the help of local police officers to trace the minor but he is yet to find them.
“The only option I have is to go back to court,” he said.
