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Polygamy is Gospel, Says Retired Tonga Major
By KAPALA CHISUNKA
THE LUSAKA Boma Court has ordered a Lusaka man to pay his former wife KR20,000 as compensation after dissolving their 19-year-old marriage.
Senior court magistrate Morgan Kayanika ordered Major Coillard Hachundu of Chalala to pay Harriet Hachundu of the same township the money with an initial payment of KR1,000 June monthend to be followed by monthly instalments of KR500.
The court noted that there was no love in the marriage and ordered the couple to share property acquired together equally.
This was in a case in which Harriet sued Maj Hachundu (Rtd) for divorce. The two got married in 1994 and have two children together.
In her statement, Harriet told the court that problems in their marriage started in 2009 after Maj Hachundu fell sick. She said it was after his illness that she discovered that there was another woman in Maj Hachundus life.
She said one of the major problems in their marriage was that he wanted more children, which she failed to give him due to a biological complication. This situation prompted Hachundu to find another woman.
At first he refused knowing the woman, who had been sending him love text messages. But as the messages continued, he succumbed to the pressure and admitted. He told me that he wanted to marry another woman because I have failed to give him the five children that he wanted, she said.
Harriet told the court that during that period, Maj Hachundu stopped providing for his family and opted to spend all his money on his new-found love.
She said in 2008, Maj Hachundu was retired on medical grounds but he did not involve her as his wife in the whole process, including the time he finally got his retirement package.
When he got his retirement package, he bought houses and cars without sitting down with me to discuss and make plans for the future. Instead, he got his brother, whom he has been going on shopping sprees with, neglecting the children, she said.
Harriet said that their first-born child has even been unable to go to the University of Zambia for further education because he has failed to sponsor him.
When it became unbearable, I took him to the Victim Support Unit (VSU), where I was advised to sue for marriage reconciliation but he insisted that he wanted a polygamous marriage because he wants more children.
He knows it is not my fault that I have failed to give him five children, according to his desire. A divorce is better now because I do not love him anymore, she said.
In his statement, Maj Hachundu told the court that everything was good in their marriage until 1999 when Harriet decided to go for family planning without telling him.
He said he had informed her when they were getting married that he wanted a maximum of five children, so he was not pleased when she decided to go for family planning, which has subsequently resulted in her failure to have more children.
How can we be on family planning for 13 years? She knows I want more children. As for wanting to marry another woman, there is nothing wrong with being a polygamist because even the Bible is not against it. In fact, I had no intentions of divorcing her; just because I want to marry another woman does not mean I no longer love her, he said.
He said the other problem in their marriage was that Harriet did not want his relatives to visit them. He said the brother Harriet was complaining about is the one who acts as his aide for his disability.
Passing judgment, the court granted divorce.
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Humanist
June 4, 2013 at 10:49 am
Tribalism should be a crime! Why do u identify the subject as Tonga?
honey
June 4, 2013 at 11:02 am
Surely Hachundu is not Bemba or any other language apart from Tonga now, is it?
Hakuna hamalepe
June 4, 2013 at 3:38 pm
ulichisushi sana
swine
June 4, 2013 at 4:28 pm
and what’s in your blog name?
Akanama
June 4, 2013 at 11:06 am
Ba major.grow up.bakulu benango.
truthful
June 4, 2013 at 11:10 am
tongas and their ways-tekwesha ukupwako! tabaishiba ukusunga abanakashi ba mambala!bamona kwati abanakashi ni ngombe!
wonama
June 4, 2013 at 11:22 am
Humanist! you think these certificate holders will listen? Senseless reporting!
Hamanizi Hatunfweko
June 4, 2013 at 11:32 am
Ba tumfweko..is a bemba name..should we always also say i want to read a bemba website called ‘TUMFWEKO’? we know you hate us Tongas but doesnt it please you to just report the story the was it is without touching on one ‘s tribe??? SHAME ON YOU…
CALLED WISE
June 4, 2013 at 11:36 am
IF ONLY WE COULD KEEP ALL THOSE:
* I LOVE YOU’s
* I MISS YOU’s
* YOU ARE MY HALF’s
* SHAKA KUSHE IYO’s
* I DO’s
* YOU ARE MINE 4EVA’s
MARRIAGE WOULD STILL BE A HAPPY LIFE TIME.
IT’S NO LONGER FOR BETTER FOR WORSE
BUT IT’S NOW 8 WIVES:
4 BETTER, 4 WORSE
Mrs. Wilson Nyirongo
June 4, 2013 at 11:50 am
Kwena Ba Major think about it after all u are sick,Ba major grow up bakulu benango nimabvuto.
kolwe
June 4, 2013 at 12:38 pm
you guys should have adopted some kids and brought them up as your own.
i have nine children but several are adopted.
sorry guys, you missed an opportunity.
also, the hibby did not handle the wife well. he treated her as thoough she is a failure. he should have given her authority over the other woman.
polygamt has problems, but it also rewuires wisdom to manage.
and guess what, he wants more children when he is retired and sick. is the problem the issue of children or the matters of the trousers?
mali
June 4, 2013 at 2:34 pm
This is inside job,(ing’anda ushilala baikumbwa umutenge- some women force their husbands to marry, they dislike the husbands relatives or mother, only an ***** man would chase the mother for a woman, but on the other hand, when the woman’s relatives come they are 100% welcome. Women are are causers of their marriage breaking. I have witnessed this. These women u see arouund are very ******. their behaviour is very bad.
NASILELE MUTALE YAAULU
June 4, 2013 at 2:51 pm
THIS MAJOR AMAZES ME. HE EVEN QUOTES THE BIBLE THAT IT IS NOT AGAINST POLYGAMY!
YES THE BIBLE MAY NOT BE AGAINST POLYGAMY.
BUT LET US REASON. POLYGAMY HAS MANY DISADVANTAGES THAN ADVANTAGES;
1. YOU WILL BE LUCKY IF THE TWO WIVES WILL LOVE EACH OTHER – THIS IS RARE.
2. YOUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER LIKE EACH OTHER
3. YOU CREATE SO MUCH CONFUSION AND PROBLEMS FOR YOURSELF, YOUR CHILDREN AND WIVES
4. YOU WILL DIE BUT FOR SURE YOU WILL LEAVE A DIVIDED FAMILY WHO WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU HAVE NOT DIVIDED IT
5. CHILDREN WILL NEVER LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU HURT THEIR MUM!
SO YOUNG PEOPLE, IS POLYGAMY GOOD FOR YOU? IN THIS WORLD YOU CAN ONLY LOVE ONE PERSON KWASILA!
I AGREE THAT WITH SO MANY ORPHANS, THE MAJOR SHOULD HAVE ADOPTED THE NEXT THREE CHILDREN. BUT WHAT HE DID WAS SENSELESS
sundan
June 4, 2013 at 3:15 pm
it is wrong to identify someone by tribe(Tonga Maj).
it is either retired ZAF Maj or retired Zambia Army Maj. as it can not be good to say a Bemba thief Mr Mulenga or a Lozi thief Mr Mubita has been sentenced to prison. It is better to say a thief a Mr Mulenga or a thief a Mr Mubita has been jailed periond.I hope this is clear Mr CHISUNKA KAPALA with due respect.
Herdsman
June 4, 2013 at 8:12 pm
It must be clear so that the world know that BEMBAs can never sink so low
kalulumpunga
June 5, 2013 at 9:48 am
The world has to know how ****** Tongas are!
Hakuna Himishino
June 4, 2013 at 3:41 pm
bakolwe
mundiaM
June 4, 2013 at 4:31 pm
The title is reppulsive and Tumfweko should start being serious with the way they report rather than promoting tribalism by being conceited.
This Maj. Hachundu is a very unwise man and most likely the devil is ensuring he dies a very lonely man. Most men who are unwell and start behaving this badly are about to die.
Repent Major before the devil completely destro you. When you repent, even your health will improve.
t
June 4, 2013 at 4:52 pm
ba tonga ba kwiya iwe tumfweko stop your bias reporting
t
June 4, 2013 at 4:52 pm
ba tonga ba kwiya iwe tumfweko stop your bias reporting
Hachikala Hamabolo
June 4, 2013 at 6:14 pm
Vibatonga ni so che.
hakasokwe
June 5, 2013 at 8:15 am
what a title!!!! be proffesional
and u say tongas are triblelists – heheeh
Jinx
June 5, 2013 at 8:26 am
The Author of this article is an uneducated asshole
zambian
June 5, 2013 at 9:28 am
No place for tribalism in zambia
Nsamwa
June 5, 2013 at 10:51 am
kekekekekeke! you guys have made my day. Any way the maj, needs Jesus. He will surely die a lonely death if at all he does not repent. That second wife will run away from him when the money is finished. Some of those women are in your life for money. Maj, wake up from your slumber and face reality. Otherwise you will regret for the rest of your life.
Prof-B
June 5, 2013 at 11:52 am
Point of correction Mr. Major, the BIBLE does not allow polygamy. The BIBLE says a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. The BIBLE did not say that a man shall be joined to his wives but wife meaning one woman. Secondly the BIBLE did not say that the three or four will become one flesh, but the two meaning husband and wife. PLEASE READ THE WORD OF GOD PRAYERFULLY AND MEDITATIVELY and you will understand it. Read the following Matthew 17:5 1 Corinthians 6:16 Ephesians 5:31.
BEAMS 2000
June 5, 2013 at 1:03 pm
LETS JUST INTRODUCE RENEWABLE MARRIAGE CONTRACTS. 2yr, 3yr, 5yr CONTRACTS RENEWABLE NGAFICHILI NAFILOWA.
IF ANY PROBLEMS, ALL YOU DO IS WAIT FOR EXPIRY OF CONTRACT AND REFUSE TO HAVE IT RENEWED. THIS CAN SERVE US A LOT OF GBVs AND HEARTACHES.