A Kenyan woman, Nyambura Mburu has opened up on the domestic violence she allegedly endured throughout her 13-year marriage.
In a series post on her Instagram stories on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, Nyambura shared graphic photos of the bruises she had sustained and recounted the horrific abuse she suffered allegedly at the hands of her husband, a film and video director.
She also detailed the physical and emotional toll the alleged abuse took on her for over a decade.
According to Nyambura, she was allegedly beaten with electric cables, belts, TV and hangers, all while hiding her pain behind a smile for years.
The photos show her face with a red bloodshot eye, a swollen lump on the side of her forehead, swollen thighs with bruise marks and bruising under her eyes.
She also accused her husband of constant cheating and dishonoring of their marriage.
Nyambura further alleged that he assaulted her the night before their wedding and she had to walk down the aisle with bruises concealed under makeup.
Nyambura said she endured the alleged abuse for 13 years until the day he allegedly assaulted her while she was pregnant, endangering the lives of her babies.
“The man I married broke me. Beating me up with electric cables, belts, hangers, I walked down the aisle on my wedding day with masked bruises. I lied for years because you made me believe you will change… but that wasn’t enough…the countless affairs…cheating and dishonouring this marriage…I did not deserve that…but even then I survived… only God knows how,” Nyambura wrote
“I was 19 when you met me, you were 9 years older than me, I would have been anything you needed me to be, a ronin operator, camera girl, assistant this and that, but instead you made me an abuse survivor. You destroyed me… I didn’t deserve any of it. For 13 years I kept the smile, while dying behind closed doors… until one day you kicked my babies out of my womb and they ended in NICU… They survived you too.
