'She is a mobilizer, I miss that, ’ Kalonzo Musyoka says as he discloses his wife’s medical health

Kalonzo says that his wife Pauline Musyoka is recuperating in hospital and her medical state is positively improving.

“Mama is stable and we thank God. We continue to pray for a miracle,” Kalonzo said in an exclusive interview with Citizen TV’s Chemutai Goin on Friday.

The former vice president recounted how the separation with his long-ailing spouse has influenced his political carrier underscoring the missing family support.

“She is a mobilizer, I miss that. I was sharing with you how before 2013 Governor Kiraitu Murungi came to my house and said ‘mama ametuweza; that was before I teamed up with Raila and then we lost everything in Meru,” he explained.

Despite enduring the strain of a sick wife while running for the presidency amidst the current political heat in the country, Kalonzo says he’s determined and gets the full support of his wife.

"She always follows and that is why at the delegates conference some two family members were there with me and we keep on praying," Musyoka stated.

The One Kenya Alliance (OKA) principal says he remains steadfast and hopeful that the family will soon be reunited with their mother.

“She knows I must continue fighting; in fighting on, I believe I am also assisting in her recovery.

“Huyu mke wangu Pauline tulijuana na yeye akiwa Form 2 na mimi nikiwa Form 5. This was about 1972, Yeye alikuwa Mlango Girls. Alikuwa Secretary ya Kamati ya Wakristo. Na mimi nilipokuwa Meru school tukakutana katika Christians Conference, Mama Maridadi, beautiful, tall and smart. Then after that nikaona a beautiful wife is a gift from God” said Kalonzo Musyoka.

Pauline Musyoka has endured a long undisclosed illness since 2015 and has occasionally flown out of the country for treatment.

She was first admitted to Nairobi Hospital way back on December 29, 2015, and since then she has been in and out of the hospital.

“Lately, she has not been quite consistent. She comes to work occasionally, though she never sticks around for long,” a source at the CBK told the Standard in 2017.

Pauline has shied away from the media, and very little is known of the former vice president's wife in the political arena.

However, before her ailment, she was a career woman, a banker in profession said to be working at the Central Bank of Kenya.