Former Ikolomani MP Dr Boni Khalwale is mourning the demise of his first wife Adelaide Khalwale who breathed her last on Saturday morning.
While recounting their love journey, Khalwale said Adelaide was the power behind his progress in life.
However, all was not a smooth sail as they began their marriage at Nairobi University.
In a previous interview, Dr Khalwale revealed that university girls could not give him time to cement his marriage due to his political engagements and the course he was taking.
"We were given a Sh1,500 stipend, which quite a lot then. Life as such was relatively easier, and I could even afford to marry while in second year. However, my marriage nearly collapsed, since girls would hang around me because I was a politician and the medical school students’ representative. Well, taking a tough course was probably also an attraction," Khalwale said in a past interview quoted by SDE.
He also revealed that Adelaide had dropped out of school but later went back and secured a job at a local university.
"I nonetheless stuck to my girl who is today my wife. At the time, she had dropped out in form two because of me. I however made sure she went back to class and is currently working at a local university," he noted.