ANERLISA MUIGAI AND BEN POL DIVORCE FINALISED AFTER A YEAR IN COURT

The divorce of Keroche heiress Anerlisa Muigai and Tanzanian musician Ben Pol has been finalised after months in court. Anerlisa took to her Instagram account and thanked her lawyers for making the process swift, “Officially Free. It would not be fair to not give a shout-out to these two advocates who worked tirelessly to make sure that the divorce was done quickly and not wait for years. Hamza Jabir and Hosea Chamba. Thank you for your work and for doing everything as requested,” she wrote.

Speaking in an interview in July 2021, Ben Pol spoke about their failed marriage, the musician said insecurities on Anerlisa’s side hugely contributed to their fall out and separation. According to Benpol, trouble started in September 2020 when they disagreed and were not speaking for more than a month, resulting to Anerlisa sending him divorce papers.

“When reports emerged on social media that we had split, things were bad, we were not on speaking terms. It is true, we had split for about a month and a half. Things were bad to an extent Anerlisa sent me documents from her lawyers asking for a separation,” said Ben. 

However, the two reconciled late 2020 until February 2021 when they disagreed yet again and were not on speaking terms for almost a month. “We were good until February when again the bubble burst. We separated in episodes. We did not speak for three weeks, tried fixing things, and not long we were back in the woods and this time things were pretty intense,” he added. 

The singer said the separation letter was as a result of Arnelisa’s intense insecurities, adding that he dismissed it at the time as it was gagging him from speaking about his marriage. “I think it was driven by a lot of insecurities and fear. People do so much for the sake of protecting their image. I think she felt I knew so much and maybe one day I would blast,” he said. 

Adding; “I found the letter from her lawyers baseless because it was actually gagging me not to speak about my marriage. I mean if you are married, you have the right to speak about your marriage if you want to, how then do you stop someone from not speaking about their lives if they wish to do so.” 

On why he decided to file the divorce, a relaxed Ben said he was tired of the back and forth and toxicity in their marriage. “I did my best, when I got into the marriage situation, I was serious, I wasn’t joking or passing time, I had invested in it. The reason why I did a lot of work to make it work and even if we are to do it again, I will not change anything. I will still do what I did to save the situation,” said Ben. 

He also said he felt like the wedding was rushed, adding that he knew the marriage would not work but ignored the signals. “What I regret the most is the many signals that kept popping up but I kept ignoring them for a very long time. If I had not, the marriage wouldn’t have happened. I believe we are all empowered to foresee our future going by our gut feelings or instincts,” he said.