Late Kikuyu vernacular musician John De Matthew is turning in his grave as his two widows Sarafina Wairimu and Carolynne Waithera fight over his property.
The two co-wives have been on each other’s necks ever since De Matthew died suddenly in a fatal accident in August 2019 without leaving a will.
The singer, real name John Ng’ang’a, was driving alone in his car in Nairobi on a Sunday night when he ran into a truck. He was coming from a fundraiser where he had also performed.
Following De Matthew’s death, his two widows have been embroiled in a feud over his property with the drama spilling over to social media.
In a series of posts on Facebook, Sarafina Wairimu appeared to be throwing shade at her co-wife Carolynne Waithera after the latter spilt family secrets regarding a property feud.
In one of them, Sarafina said, “Be quiet, the mouth never fights, but God fights for a silent mouth.”
Sarafina also narrated how she started living with De Matthew when they were broke and built their wealth over years only for the singer to marry a second wife when he got rich.
“When I met John, we used to live in a small wooden house that was forever cold. When not here, we rented and I didn’t give up on him just because he was not well off. I decided that I will be there for him so that we could build a home together for our family.
“We began a chicken business that evolved into selling eggs and we later added several cows to our farm. We looked at our house and decided to slowly build a better home from the little we made,” she wrote.
Sarafina’s posts came days after Carolynne lamented on social media how she was kicked out of the home she shared with De Matthew and their young son; and that everyone including his family had abandoned them.
“I swear Njogu was your friend, he has been checking up on me and your little Matthew ‘Simba’. How I wish you can come back and know that you didn’t have friends. But on the other hand, you had a few true friends…I wish you knew how your family treated me as well after your demise. They even threw me out of our house, where I gave birth to your son…” Carolynne wrote.
