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Divorce From Saboi a Relief, Says Owas Mwape
When It was all rose ! Owas and Saboi
In an interview on Friday after the Matero Local Court granted the couple divorce on grounds that the marriage had broken down irretrievably, Mwape said he felt relieved by the turn of events.
Mwape, 40 maintained that although a number of issues had been revealed during the court proceedings, he still respected his former wife.
“…I respect the fact that she’s the mother of my two children,” he said. “We were married for seven years and we shared a lot of things together, so I wouldn’t want to share anything bad because it would jeopardise her chances of getting married again.”
Mwape said among factors that contributed to the divorce was Saboi’s lack of support, citing the Ing’omba Music and Project label which he had established.
“Saboi has never been supportive of the label because there are other women on that label. When there are other females, she can’t,” he said.
He said Adorah Mwape, who was mentioned in Friday’s proceedings, was innocent of the allegations that had been levelled against her by his former singer wife.
“(Saboi) mentioned Adorah only because Adorah has become competition (to her) in terms of music. I don’t mind me, but I feel sorry for the young girl. You know, she’s innocent, she just came into this kind of thing. She’s not the only one who is on the label, there are other women on it.”
He said he met Saboi, 35 at a time when her music career as a member of female duo Shatel was on the wane.
He said even claims raised in court that he had been unfaithful with other women were untrue.
“I’ve denied all that (in court),” he said.
He said he regretted that they had been unable to resolve their issues in private.
“Those are the main reasons we are even divorcing because she actually even considered what I’m doing as a hobby.
“She does not want to support the fact that okay, look, this is my gift and I want to grow it. So after she got her masters degree, her talking changed…so these are the kinds of problems that I’m going through. Not problems that should have even gone to the media, those are things that we would have even sorted (out).”
He said being a public figure, he hoped to safeguard his children’s privacy.
“I didn’t want it to come out like we are more like fighting in the media…I have respect, that’s the mother of my children…nalanda ifi limbi then five years later they come and say, ‘Daddy, how could you have said that about Mummy?’” Mwape said.
Regarding the way forward, Mwape said he would continue with his current film projects.
“For me, I’m still working, I’m still very much on the ground. It’s my gift to create art,” said Mwape.
In granting the divorce on Friday, the court noted mistrust and unreasonable behaviour from both parties.
Magistrate Dennis Mpundu granted custody of the two children to Saboi and ordered Mwape to pay KR1,000 every month for their maintenance.
Local court magistrate Sharon Sichone, who was sitting with magistrate Mpundu, told Mwape that he should not complain about the amount as such were the consequences of divorce.
Meanwhile, Adorah yesterday said she came to know the couple as a result of her involvement in music, and was unwilling to comment on issues pertaining to their divorce.
She said the couple are the executive producers of her album Ingoma Yandi, which was produced by Ing’omba Music label last year.
“I got to know both Saboi and Owas on different occasions and I’ve been able to interact with the two, but all I would just say is when it comes to marital issues, anything that happens between two people who are married, I believe, just needs to remain between the two people involved.”
Adorah, 24 said she would not respond to allegations that Saboi raised in court against her, saying that the truth would prevail.
“There are so many blows that (Saboi) has given me, I’m not going to answer back, I’m not going to do that. If it’s something marital, let it be sorted out between adults, abachikulile, let them sit down. I’m not going to say a word. But one thing I know is as time goes by, the truth is going to come out.”
The Kitwe-based singer, who said she was the third artiste to join the Ing’omba label, described the situation as a test for her.
“I came into the music industry the right way, trust me, I know where I’m coming from. And one thing I know is because I used the right channel, my God is not going to forsake me or leave me…and as time goes by, one way or the other, I will be vindicated. But for now I won’t say anything bad about her. Let (Saboi) do what she wants, I’m not going to say anything about her or her marriage, no.”
Adorah said the lyrics of one of her songs best expressed what she felt about the situation, saying when she came into the music industry, she knew that every woman in the public eye is subject to much scrutiny.
“Last year when I did this album, I recorded a song called ‘Woman’s prayer’. I said I know this road I’ve taken is not easy, I’m just a simple woman trying to make it pa Zed; the words that are going to come from people,…fame always comes with temptation; God strengthen me…protect me when I’ll face opposition, I will not be afraid because I’m your possession, so God I’m asking for two wings, so that when trouble comes my way, I’ll take those two wings and fly,” said Adorah.
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XXX
June 10, 2013 at 3:51 pm
wel well!! a relief??
Wangu Ni Wangu
June 10, 2013 at 4:15 pm
I HEAR SABOI HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THIS MARRIAGE…AND WITH HER ACQUISITION OF A MASTERS MADE IT WORSE
Akamunofu Kalowa
June 10, 2013 at 4:30 pm
Saboi ni Chitongo! Umwanakashi ushafundwa and publicity seeker. This matter could have been resolved privately – shaa!
mad
June 10, 2013 at 4:32 pm
you can’t even know who is telling the truth, but the truth will always come out no matter how long it ‘ll take.
truthful
June 10, 2013 at 4:38 pm
yakosa!
kabwe mutima
June 10, 2013 at 5:37 pm
Maturity is making things sorted at home.Saboi buchitongo owas swain nawo ukutola ihule mufilimba apanga ati madam…ukose boyi lozi power nizii
kabwe mutima
June 10, 2013 at 5:41 pm
Saboi when in Livingstone alala kumwaume elo i see her ku guest houses na Liato alelya.Owas uleisa na kuma bar twakulangako life lyonse pa bondi dull chap
small
June 10, 2013 at 5:58 pm
Saboi at the age of 35 u divorce yo husband, y did’nt u jst solved that issue at home, u know wat sometimes pride is not good for a woman otherwise men re jst the same and u re going to remember yo x-husband.
Justice
June 10, 2013 at 6:11 pm
Divorce is never a relief. God, Our Father says he hates divorce. Your problem you guys is pride. You could have resolved this problem by just simply going to church together and engaging the family. ” What God has joined together let no man put asunder.” says The Lord! Those who have hears let them listen!
Popopo
June 10, 2013 at 6:25 pm
The two are BIG fools! I will not sort who is right between them coz their problems were in the bedroom. Secondly Saboi was in Malaysia and Owas possibility of both flating is 100% each one has a case to answer, l cry for the kids. Broken home mmm bulanda
chisha k
June 10, 2013 at 6:49 pm
Only God knows
hottt
June 10, 2013 at 7:51 pm
Saaboi has a great dental fomula. It ha best asset.
G
June 10, 2013 at 8:15 pm
Thats how the world goes……
Marriage is very difficult if u go for fame….!!!
ayoba
June 10, 2013 at 8:21 pm
There are two sides to every story, only in this Owas\Saboi case, there are about four sides or even more. Complicated mess of a marriage.
Jojo
June 10, 2013 at 9:15 pm
Umwaiche adoral ,how can she feel in the gaps when the wife is not around,baowas mwalelya bamudala.adorah adorah aaaaaaaaaa saboi saboi nizeeeeeeee bamudala.chabipafye mwalufyanya Abana bane,a broken family is bad.
Aba ku canakashi
June 10, 2013 at 9:47 pm
KaAdora nga kalelanda kwati katuntulu. Kalelumbula na Lesa. Abaleumfwa ati nasanga umuntu, kanshi mukatwe mwaisula fye ifinyelele. Twalaumfwako nomba line, kaili ni Tumfweko.
mwine mushi
June 10, 2013 at 10:56 pm
The mother wil take care of kids chilifye bwino nafipwe mwe…..
umwaiche wakwa owas abakuchaume lis
June 10, 2013 at 11:47 pm
I have never been married before but all i can say is saboi has dissapointed me. i have been following this story. Saboi tafundwa. How can she start saying now that owas is not man enough he is a cheat and a criminal etc. A woman who goes to the public to degrade her husbands private parts ninshi nimukazi wabwanji. This girl adora has not said anything i think we should begin to think that there could be some truth in it. Ladies wen they are sleeping with a man they have alot to say and the young lady adora has been quiet about it. Too bad abakuchanakashi umwanawenu twamubwesha. Via misango. Mwatusebanya sana kubantu. Ninshi where is the respect here. Nalasunga abana pilizi
Air Mukwai_
June 11, 2013 at 1:21 am
This is the second divorce for Owas barely within a space of two years.
The first marriage ended in the same way with intensified physical fightings due to Saboi. She wowed and spoiled him with cash that eventually made him divorced his honest wife who’s now doing fine with her business. If one was watching the weakest link, the presenter could have said, “Owas, you’ll go with NOTHING”. He has no home,but a house and no access to his children. The best for Owas is to reconcil with the first wife and take care of his boys.
Africa the blessed Continent
June 11, 2013 at 2:35 am
Praying for him may he reconcile with his first wife.
Mushota
June 11, 2013 at 6:03 am
Ummh If I were her I would not touch him why go back to my vomit, moreover he is the one who moved on, unless am really desperate and there are no men out there, his engine must be over used by now all those ex wives na tu ma solola pa side kaya.
kakolwe
June 11, 2013 at 3:44 am
Let Owas sort out what he wants in life. He devorced the first wife & has devorced the 2nd. The 3rd or 4th wont necessarily be any different. What is it that he will find which was not in the 1st two
Jojo
June 11, 2013 at 7:22 am
AWOs you are a actor with all this chain of confusions broken marriages who are you really,you think you are at Lusaka play house,saboi also stop thinking like you are singing that song iWeb kamudala ndiwe sweet talker,aaaaaaaaaaa this is super story swale aaaa swala
Margarita
June 11, 2013 at 7:45 am
sad story…..
gelo wa pa Zed
June 11, 2013 at 8:53 am
Saboi Liule she once got her husband killed when he attempted suicide after he caught her cheating am sure Tumfweko had this story. Owas has been tortured in this marriage coz even his own children from his previous marriage neva stepped foot in his house. Even his own relatives neva entered that house she was a greedy ***** and has just grown big headed because she now feels educated and she also feels ati filya alelala na ba chisha folotiya every musician sleeps with producers. Malabishi
Gas
June 11, 2013 at 3:35 pm
most Lozi women are greedy,ati she was a greedy W.hore hehehehehe
Sad
June 11, 2013 at 8:57 am
God hates divorce is a FACT. It is so sad that this problem has come to this. Owas and Saboi according to man’s way of thinking, your problem is said to be irreconcilable but if you had taken it to God, he was going to do it for you. Even now it is not too late, you can seek God’s help and live together as a happy family lm telling you the truth!Ala mwe bantu mucita seek DELIVERANCE! It will help you from all this. Go to men of God who live in God they will help you by praying for you and delivering you from all those things that make you a bad partner.Nomba tuleumfwa ati Owas has married twice yonse iyo that is what Prophet T B Joshua regards as the spiritual problem of “Marry and Remarry” Adorah if you are God fearing keep it up. Any God fearing lady will never be the reason for any home becoming destroyed.
concerned citizen
June 11, 2013 at 9:06 am
divorce is not right,people here are taking sides and bad for objectivity.I think the last line these two crossed was the infidelity one and both sides were called to answer in court and i tell you that they may have been reconciled if evidence stated otherwise,its true the woman shouldn’t shame her husband but there is a line a husband shouldn’t cross,the wife claimed the hubby has an issue with women to an extent wherehe used to bring one home when she was away and the husbands defence is that the wife was jealous of the girl..seriously?and claimed the wife has a facebook boyfriend?laame excuse.Owas and saboi learn from this experience too bad it is late for you too
umwaiche wakwa owas lis
June 11, 2013 at 9:08 am
Ba mushota u got th storry.wrong my brother did not marry saboi she kushas herhelf. He was still on separation with his 1st wife who was pregnant for his boss. She was also very rude and a prostitute. I told my brother to give it some time. But too bad before we coukd resolve things na ba 1st wife ba mulamu she got sick and died. Thats how ba saboi broke it down and said she was pregnant for owas. This man u r calling names has been through shiit. Ba saboi and owas had never had a wedding ask saboi y. Hehehe
prophet
June 11, 2013 at 11:23 am
very touching indeed,the lesson to both women and female is that when one relationship fails,lets not rush into the nearest arms.its better to sit down and reflect and involve God in the next marriage.May God guide them both as they take their separate ways.
Abaku chaume
June 11, 2013 at 2:37 pm
It seems this Owas guy attracts prostitutes.Let him pray hard.The first wife was also a solola ,she was sleeping around with her brother in law.The husband to her elder sister ,even got pregnant by him.This Saboi was also sleeping with some one where she was studying a Zambian guy.
tripoli
June 11, 2013 at 9:21 am
SO SHE THINKS THE DEGREE WILL BE SLEEPING WITH HER EVERY DAY
edward tembo
June 11, 2013 at 2:57 pm
women and education awe sure.When she got her masters. the language changed.She should be greatiful when she was studying the man looked after the children for her .
Bebe
June 11, 2013 at 3:01 pm
when she was opening her legs to another man abroad,the guy was busy taking the children to school.
King
June 11, 2013 at 2:58 pm
No wonder they divorced in local court,no wedding celeb couple.Lozi women do not stay with one Man.
edward tembo
June 11, 2013 at 3:23 pm
True brother king its a wander how the bemba lozi union lasted that long.My sister Saboi beauty has time limit .go back to your vomit of a husband.
Imprezza
June 11, 2013 at 3:38 pm
Those condemning Saboi, here is an extract 1st December2009 from Zanis.
Zambia’s celebrity couple reveal wife-beating past
Time Posted: December 1, 2009 10:04 am
One of Zambia’s most famous singers has revealed how she was badly beaten by her husband. She now hopes to lift the lid on the country’s ingrained acceptance of domestic violence.
“My husband will kill me,” giggles Saboi Imboela nervously. “But, yes, he once beat me up so badly I reported him to the police.”
The 32-year old is one of Zambia’s top vocalists. Her husband is a popular actor, Owas Ray Mwape. This is the first time she has spoken publicly about the beating she received at his hands, and she wriggles uncomfortably at the memory.
The majority of women enjoy a beating, because they are made to believe it is part of our tradition
“It was the police who begged me not to take it further,” she recalls, revealing some of the engrained attitudes she is now taking on.
“They told me: ‘We know how you women are. We’ll lock him up and in a minute or two, you’ll change your mind and want him released.’”
Her doctor also dissuaded her from reporting the assault, as did some of her friends.
Campaigners believe more than half of Zambian women have suffered domestic abuse but cases rarely come to light because of the stigma attached to speaking out.
Young women are taught by their elders to accept punishment from their husbands when they are disobedient. Even cooking a bad meal warrants a smack.
Many women fear divorce would leave them in penury.”That’s how you grow up in Africa,” explains Mr Mwape.
“To be a man, you need to discipline a woman, give her a slap or two. You know, in our culture, it’s OK because that’s how we feel we love our women.”
It is a message driven home at boys’ initiation ceremonies – chastisement is a sign of affection and a woman never achieves the status of an adult. Like a child she needs to be “trained” to behave well.
In some parts of the country tradition allows a man to beat his wife if he survives a crocodile attack.
In others, a wife’s infidelity is revealed when her newborn baby coughs. She must take the consequences.
“Tradition is used as a cover for domestic violence,” complains Johnson Tembo.
As chairman of the Men’s Network, he tries to persuade his peers to alter their behaviour.
But he believes women’s attitudes need to change too.
“Some women are foolish enough to think that if they are not beaten by their husbands, they’re not loved,” he says.
ZANIS
Mambala
June 11, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Who’s this Owas and Saboi? Whoever they are, they’re both eating up space in the media and wasting our time. Let them split. The woman is at a huge loss here coz Kr1,000 is nothing…not even close to my weekend beer allowance. Worst of all, pus.sy hunters are now on her tail. They will turn her into a sex worker while her ex is probably attracting attention of genuine girls out there. Lifontini sana uyu mukashana!!
peace
June 11, 2013 at 4:31 pm
Divorce, divorce,divorce what happened to your first Love “I do”
Sunzu the tool
June 11, 2013 at 6:10 pm
Apart from other issues between these two, Lozi/Bemba marriages are just something else. It’s a better thing that they have divorced than to have murdered each other.
Kasuba
June 12, 2013 at 12:08 am
No one ever plan to fail marriage, when it happens to the next person, its looks so simple and easy to say or write unprintables, when people fail the marriage, lets not condemn but encourage those that have fallen out of the first or second love look beyond their current problem with hope by recollecting their lives, we all have issues and uave made mistakes in lives and we all at some point made wrong choices in one way or the other, in bemba we say “changa baseka uwachelwa” as Ephrame sung ati nga mwaliba Lesa nga twalifwa. Saboi and Owas, i do not condemn you but as you part, reflect on your lives and pick up your pieces and move on in your lives with Christ as you move to the next step or relationship, because you are both young and you will love again, its not every marriage that was met to work, for people condemning, be open minded especially those blaming either Saboi or Owas, “chaona muzako chapita, mailo. chilipa iwe” though i am not encouraging divorce.
Roginy@
June 13, 2013 at 11:36 am
ubupuba!!!!!!!!!!