Bridget Yaro was born in Nyamira County. Growing up, her father was extremely violent and often beat her mother. The abuse was so severe that one day her mother’s neck was broken. Eventually, her parents separated, and Bridget moved with her mother to Nairobi.
She continued her education and, after completing high school, joined college to study Business Management.
One day, Bridget attended a party with some friends. She was given a drink that had been spiked. The next morning, she woke up in the house of a man who happened to be her best friend’s boyfriend. When her friend found out, she was furious and ended their friendship.
Bridget went on to live with the man, and they became intimate. A week after returning home, she discovered she was pregnant. Her aunt noticed, and when her mother learned about it, she was so angry that she chased Bridget out of the house. Bridget then moved in with the man, marking the beginning of her early marriage.
She gave birth, and her mother later tried to reconcile, wanting Bridget to return home. However, her in-laws also insisted she stay with them. After disagreements, Bridget ultimately went with her in-laws. When her child was only three months old, her husband joined the National Youth Service (NYS) without telling her where he was going.
Bridget began hustling to survive. During this time, her husband’s cousins visited and harassed her. One of them eventually forced himself on her. Somehow, her husband found out, and Bridget was told to leave the child behind and return to her mother’s house.
Later, she resumed her college studies. Eventually, her husband returned with his parents to take her back. She agreed and later became pregnant with their second child. But her husband grew increasingly abusive—beating her, using alcohol and drugs, and forcing himself on her without care or affection. He even questioned whether the pregnancy was his or his cousin’s. He chased her out again, and when she gave birth, his mother came to the hospital to confirm whether the baby was truly their blood.
Bridget raised her child alone until he was six months old, when her husband and his family returned to apologize. Her mother told her to make a choice. Bridget forgave him and went back, but her mother warned her never to return home again.
At her marital home, Bridget discovered disturbing signs of infidelity—used condoms and blood-stained bedsheets—which she quietly cleaned. One day, her husband came home drunk, accused her of infidelity, and beat her again. It took him some time before he finally accepted the child.
The constant abuse and stress drove Bridget into alcohol and drug use. One day, while returning home, she was attacked by a group of men who gang-raped her and threatened her never to speak about it.
Bridget has endured immense suffering in her marriage and at the hands of the man she once loved. This is her real-life story, told in her own words.
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