An ageing Mombasa doctor who repeatedly apologised to his wife in writing for ‘injecting’ female patients with the water of life has denied that he is a sex addict. Instead, he is accusing her of infidelity and trying to divorce him and claim his property.
In an affidavit before the Mombasa High Court, Dr Nevil David Mnjalla, a father of three, who converted to Islam to marry Asya Hassan Abdalla in 1978, is said to have first apologised to his wife in 2001, when she found condoms in his clinic.
“I have today apologised to my wife for having bought condoms with intention of using them. I regret this stupid mistake and ask for forgiveness from her and heavenly direction and forgiveness from the almighty God. I am sincerely sorry,” wrote the doctor.
Asya explains in her affidavit that in the last three years, her husband’s behaviour had dramatically changed and that she had noticed a “disturbing attitude” towards her.
She also claimed that Mnjalla sometimes refused to eat her food and would on occasion cook for himself for a week.
She also claims to have bumped into condoms and sexual stimulants like Viagra, Enzoy and Viagra plus at the clinic when she was cleaning up.
“I got shocked and raised the issue with him, but he became angry and defensive. This made me suspect he was having an extra-marital affair,” said Asya. She also found condoms in the house for which he apologised, she claims.
Mnjalla is also accused of having an extra-marital affair in 2011 with Subir Shadrack Bilali, a married woman who admitted to sleeping with him when confronted by Asya
“I Dr David Mnjalla, I apologise to my wife Asya Hassan Abdalla Mnjalla for the damage I have caused her and anguish and pain during the relationship I had with Subish Bilali. I feel guilty and remorseful. I apologise to her wholeheartedly. God help me,” the doctor said in a letter.
Asya said the woman also apologised to her in writing after a meeting between both couples, saying, “I Subirah Bilah I do hereby apologise for having a relationship with the husband of Asya Mnjalla, Dr Mnjalla and I also state that the relationship I had has ended and never to be repeated again.”
Asya complained that following these events, her husband started being violent and subjected her to beatings. He even demanded for a DNA test for their eldest son but she was vindicated when it proved he was the father.
She said she had been faithful for 37 years and was gravely wounded by the insinuations behind the DNA test which had dented their marriage dented despite his apology.
In another incident, Asya reveals that in 2013, a female patient attracted her attention when she made noise when she was in the clinic.
“The patient, who is a married woman, told me in Mnjalla’s presence that he was making sexual advances towards her by indecently touching her which made her scream. He verbally apologised and told me he was suffering from sexual addiction and needed help,” said Asya.
Asya again revealed that on April 9, 2013 a man demanded to meet her together with her husband at a cafe in Mombasa.
“When I arrived at the café, I found the man with his wife, brother-in-law and a sister. It turned out that the man was accusing my husband of having extra-martial affair with his wife,” explains Asya. The two admitted they were lovers and apologised, she says.
But Mnjalla, who has a farm in Kwale and other investments in Mombasa, accuses his wife of filing for divorce to lay claim to his property after quitting her job as a government technician and misusing her retirement benefits.
He also accuses her of having an affair with a clinical officer who returned to Kenya recently after studying Medicine in India.
According to Mnjalla, Asya was painting a picture of destitution and suffering to win the sympathy of the court and is a jealous woman who obtained a print out of his calls logs and called each number, interrogating female patients who had either called or received his calls.
“This is a clear intrusion of my privacy and patient–doctor confidentiality is severely compromised as her actions could easily expose me to civil litigation by any of my patients,” said the doctor.
-sde.co.ke
