CHIPOLOPOLO midfielder Rainford Kalaba has been accused of violence and child neglect by his estranged wife Christina Mwiche.
But Kalaba says Mwiche is using their five-year old son to milk money from him and fund her allegedly active social life.
Mwiche who stormed The Post offices in Kitwe yesterday appealed to Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Kalusha Bwalya to counsel her estranged husband to take care of their son.
Mwiche, who spotted a bruised swollen face in the company of her son and a sympathiser, complained that she always gets beaten whenever she asks for the child’s sponsorship since the two separated in 2010.
She lamented that she decided to leave Kalaba’s house because of his violent conduct towards her.
“Kalusha Bwalya is an icon, let them FAZ sit him Kalaba down. I am not demanding for anything of my own,” Mwiche said. “This is his son. You look at my face; he beat me up last Saturday when I went to ask for the child’s requirements. Every time, I make any inquiry about our son’s welfare, he beats me, even the school my son attends, you can’t believe. But he holds parties for his girl friends.”
“I am now fed up, honestly I am tired. I have always respected him for two years now because he pretends like he is a good father, he takes care,” she said. “Even when the national team is camping at Michelangelo Lodge, you call him, he will tell me to go there with Diego but he’ll not give us anything. Let FAZ sit him Kalaba and tell him to at least care for his own son.”
“This is his blood…I am telling you, Kalaba has really changed. The Kalaba I knew from Afrisports when he had nothing is not the Kalaba I see now, please help me. I am coming here because I have nowhere to go.”
But Kalaba said he always took care of his son but the alienated wife always abused the money he remitted.
“Those are just lies, that girl is naughty. In fact I am taking her to court so that I get custody of the child and resolve this matter once and for all,” Kalaba said in an interview from his base in Lubumbashi.
Kalaba said he has been receiving reports that his son does not get the care he is supposed to get from a mother.
“She Mwiche drinks every time with the money I send for the child, drinking with her friends,” said Kalaba. “She is a problem that girl, a really big problem. I give her money for the child’s requirements. If she says I don’t sponsor the child, why has the child grown up, How does the child manage to go to school? She came here ( Ndola) on Saturday I gave her K1million, but it’s like she wants to use the child to get money from me for drinking…I really want to get the child to DR Congo but she’s adamant because she knows that she will stop making noise once the child is with me.”
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What do you expect from a footballer,from rugs to riches
our cuntry needz lawz on child meantenance mwe – abanakashi naba chula with these men who neglect there own chidren
You even proudly say i gave her K1 million. Shame ba Kalaba what’s a million and for what? Invest in your children and not in prostitutes.
To me this sounds like a gold digger. Infact I know her very well n knw how she treated rainfold. She had no idea that rainfold would be what he is today. I spoke to her after I saw this n she said he has too much money. The fact that I have a child with him I deserve a share of his money. Wat goes around comes around.
I am so surprised, even me an ordinary teacher can do better. 1 million Kwacha, what a shame from a footballer. Amazing.
I am sure the matter has to looked from both sides, sometimes women can exaggerate issues.
Chamusebanya sana.Amahule nipamushi.Young man take care of your child.
Kalaba u cant evn bost dat u gave her one milion wen u u spend mo dan dat fo ur lika.sh is kiping yo child n nt yo boots walabashani
in all fairness i think i have watched kalaba through the ranks and if this lady says he is not supporting the child makes sad reading however i have a benifit of doubt cos i knw katumbi or kalusha wouldnt allow such a thing to prolong for two years i think this lady is lying to her teeth
Bakalaba poseni amano kumwana.If u as a father neglects hm who will luk afta hm for u.
So many Men have been taken advantage of by women in the name of child sponsoring. the best thing Kalaba would do is to take custody of the child, but I do not think the mother will accept that because she knows that will be the end of her pocket money from Kalaba.
Kalaba, you are a big disappointment. Foolish boy
Osachipasa chi hule ndalama. 1 million is a lot of money. 2 maids survive on that amount. So those of you saying 1 mita is nothing are still living with your parents
If I am making that kind of money, why should my child live like the child of a domestic worker who has no better choice? A domestic worker has no choice but to live on that meagre income, which everyone knows is not even enough, if even teachers complain of their salaries. I do not mean to disrespect people with low incomes. I am just saying that if one has higher income the children deserve better.
Mupa my boy, wats up?
ee kamupashi zoona
The best the lady can do is to stop thinking Rainford’s money is her money. Sharing a few beers with friends is a very common way of socialising in zed, its not carelessness. Those who have intaracted with Rainford will agree with me that the man maybe just buys the first round. As soon as people realise Rainford is around beers just flow from his fans who appreciate him for his pitch exploits. I once sat with him at some bar in Ndola’s Ndeke township (Chiinda’s). Within 10 minutes he had 10 beers from 10 different people who walked in. the man had to run away giving the beer to his friends.
People do not blame Rainfold as i hv bin in the same roblem nd it had 2 take me thru the courts 2 hv custody of the child, ladies of such behaviours jst want to receive moni nd use it 4 their drinkin spree. A rightful man wud not verlook his blood nd the pipo confusin tht lady is her friends busy pumpin nosensical info 2 her. The day Rainford gets the son then thr wil b no more of this drama, let individuals work hard for their own comfort nd not 2 milk the young man as soccer is very short career
You pipo k 1,000,000 for a child is just ok.as the lady let her look for her own money also becoz she s no longer kalaba`s burden.those who are condemning kalaba,check your scope,if u hate a person, then this not a right platform.my advise to the lady release the boy to the father, so that u continue your drinking pees.most ladies have advantage of a situation like kalaba`s to gain their motives.
Every story has two sides. This is why in Africa we have the system of mediation by elders so as to get to the bottom of things and seek a lasting solution. It is possible that the woman is exaggerating, but it is also possible that our man is not doing as he could. One million sounds like big money for a child, but the question is, one million to be used over what period of time? I think that it is better for the elders to mediate and fix this thing. Kalaba is too high profile for this sort of publicity.
what about ba mario who latch onto so called businesss women, live in their homes, eat their money and forget about their children. There is a chap in lusaka who onece denied his child and his family even believed him. when baby was born guess what splitting image of father and he has no shame not even a birthday card for his children. Ba mambala pa zed bafulisha poseni ko amano kubana.
Maybe there should be a Child support agencey to track all these irresponsible daddies out there to support their wee burns.
people lets not blame kalaba,we ve heard how this young girl do,she even boast that the father of the child ll give her money and yes she drinks too much, all those who are saying 1 million is nothing for a child wat are tlking about so money is to splashed away like nothing u ll regret wen u ve nothig,u ll even ask for a ciggar from a mad man wen u become broke, let kalaba take his child so that watever he eats also the child ll eat. woman of now days are difficult to be trusted. kalaba is right ladies and gents
One woman has a child fathered by another man but the husband does not know the child is not his. She is in the habit of milking money from both men in the name of child support. Recently, the real father said ‘enough is enough, let’s do a DNA test and I get the child.’ The woman has left him alone.
Kalaba, Get the child & give him the best education you can. Even the ‘high-life’ mother will benefit tomorow!!!
Imwe mwebantu 1mln is alot of mane.after all dis is not da only mane she receives.It wz only given 2 her pa spot afta strongly demanding 4 mane 4 da son.
Imwe ZMK1 Million is enough for biscuits and cocacloa
efyo mwaba bafikala u forget all the gud things women do for u wen ua nobodyz nga mwakwata utupiya ninshi mwaba nga tulunshi pali keke.u shu owez remember were ua kamin from ba fikala u irritate alot
kalaba whts a million boi?do beta plz…naimwe banina dnt be a gold diga tkcr of his child nt beers
Bashi Diego(Kalaba) Ba chikala Sendenifye umwana. Poloyako mwana
Problem Kalaba walitemwa ichinyo.
1 Million chikala.Limbi teobe. Twalikulila ka Christina Chikala. Kalilowa still more
They used to love eachother these people and al started wen Kalaba went to play football in Portugal!The best z to hear a story from both sides thru mediation. Custody of children in Zambia z govrned by the Affliation and Maintenance of Children Act Cap 64,usualy a child below the age of 7yrs will need to stay wth the mother.
Do not look at oneside of the coin. My own father used to send alot of money to my mother but my mother always complained that my father never supported me. I did not know until I saw the deposit slips as proof from my father. mim was getting a million kwacha every week for me which she never used on me. asking mum she just said ndebapeshya. so this might be the case let the younger man get his child. these days men are very good parents.
to u all who re saying 1M is enough, u must be fathers by faith nowonder u re saying that coz if really one loves his child, wit all th monies kalaba has, he cnt be giving his son a million 4 up keep. anyway i pit u madam, wish u had gone to sch & working, nga tauletukilwa pali 1m.
Master just get your child mudala and she will no reasons to get to you.
Give the child to Kalaba,this woman doesn’t work.She is a gold digger.Walemona kwati nga wakwata umwana ninshi ni ndalama shobe.
Most men are like this, more money more loose more women, child neglect is everywhere, my dad’s son is working but foots no bill for his own son, he is learned nomba cipuba caba ku mpika. i have realised taking him to court is a waste of money beccoz his head is blocked and needs a pass word from God
She just wants attention
It’s amazing how pipo who know nothing about Mwiche are insulting her. I stayed with kalaba n Mwiche at a guest house zesco united rented for us. He treated her bad. If you saw Diego you would be surprised that he is Kalabas son. All of Kalabas friends know that he does not support his son. We have lived with them infect the Portuguese team bot Mwiche a ticket back to Zambia because kalaba beat her every day in Portugal. So Kalaba may be your star but he is a pathetic father and all the honest footballers at zesco and national team will confirm this.
Please lets not wash dirt linen in the public. Why reduce your friend that much. If anything give him private advice i totally disagree with public renunciation of another person whose dignity is like yours.
Bringing such detail of Portugal, what what is not for the public please ndakomba biya, ma.
So pinky you guys were a threesome with rainford ? How do they rent a lodge for the three of you ? Does he have two wives ?
Just take that child of yours and go any where u like. No one will stop you. Nga akese ekokaya ati ”I want to see my child” withing a short period, Just tell me. It means alefwaya bampundu 5 and am good on that
iam so disapointed with u kalaba neglecting your own son. foolish boy no court will allow u to take that boy with u, he is only 5 the law doesnt allow unless u bribe them.he has to stay with the mother.
Their is one girl @ herbert young in lusaka whoz dressing has improved after having a child with a married man shez milking him in the name of the child and keeping the child a secret from the mans wife….atase ifyabupuba
This woman needs to find a job to support herself. Rainford can not support her whole clan!
kalaba shame on you.educate your kid please,urself you can’t even express urself,allow youe child to have a good back ground.education is important.women will milky with out.
if she cant manage to keep the child, let her hand over the child…in court, they normally give as low as 200,000 for child support…she shouldnt get a bigger sgare now that he has more money…His child should just be given to him so that his parents may help raise the boy…
Abene Rainfold lead by example,no matter wats going on betwwen you and your ex lover..the child is innocent
But why fail to take care of your own child..boi be careful you dnt knw the destiny of your child..today his just a child of your ex lover..tomorow he’s gonna be president
I was once interested in this coloured girl and really beautiful here in chingola,only to be told by mates that she being dated by kalaba,I almost contacted the mother who happens to be working for zesco
Zambians, please take the allegations made against Kalaba with caution. these “lusaka girls” are now smart enough to squeeze money out of men. unfortunately, society always looks at the woman as the victim and never listen to a man’s story. mwaiche Kalaba, just soldier, move on, fisanga abaume!!!
if realy the lady is from people she wouldn’t have said that in public ba chibusa poseniko amano customer amoneka