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Women Narrate How Pastors ‘Inserted’ Their Fingers
By DARLINGTON MWENDABAI
THE Chipata Magistrate’s Court has heard how two clergymen inserted their fingers in the private parts of two women whom they paraded naked in the hills while ‘casting out demons’.
This is in a matter involving Misheck Ngalande 33, a prophet of Kapata in Chipata and Benny Banda, 34, a pastor of Chipata’s Chimwemwe who were charged with two counts of indecent assault on a female.
The offence is contrary to section 137 (II) of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia, read with Act number 15 of 2005.
Facts are that the two clergymen on April 25, 2013 at Chipata, jointly and whilst acting together, unlawfully and indecently assaulted Thabitha Mwanza, 9, and Mambwe Mwanza, 22.
Tabitha told Chipata principal resident magistrate Twaambo Musonda in a jam-packed courtroom on Tuesday that she and her older sister Mambwe were sexually assaulted by the two men.
In her testimony during commencement of trial, Thabitha said on April 24, 2013, around 14:00 hours, she was at a prayer meeting at Kapata Hall with her sister Mambwe and their sister-in-law Charity Mumanga.
“Prophet Ngalande told me, my sister and my sister-in-law to carry a pulpit to his house, which we did. We found two dependents, a girl and a boy,” she said.
She said Pastor Banda and Ngalande were happy to see Mambwe, who had a dispute with her other sister at home. The prophet gave Thabitha, Mambwe and Charity appointments for prayers and asked them to write their prayer requests.
The siblings were taken to the hills for prayers the following day (April 25) by the clergymen.
They were made to lie down by Ngalande, who wanted to find out if they had any tattoos on their bodies but they refused to remove their tops.
She told the court that Ngalande held her and Banda held her sister while praying and asked if they had had unprotected sex before and if they had boyfriends.
“I was told by prophet Ngalande that since we had engaged in sex before, we should remove our chitenge and lie down facing up while praying for forgiveness. He told us to demonstrate how we had sexual intercourse by inserting our fingers into our private parts, which we did after hesitating for some time,” she said.
She told the court that Ngalande said they should reveal their sins in the open and shame the devil but were still uncomfortable with the type of ‘delivery’ which required them to undress before men.
She told the court that the prophet warned them that the demons would not be exorcised if they did not continue inserting their fingers in their private parts.
She said while her eyes were closed, Ngalande knelt between her legs and also started stroking her private parts and told her he had done the same to other women in the past.
She said Banda was doing the same thing to her sister, adding that the two men tried to pull down Thabitha and Mambwe’s underwear but failed.
She said she left the hill with her sister and the matter was reported to her sister in-law (Ms Mumanga) who told their mother two days after the incident.
The court further heard that the clergymen tried to offer the family K3,000 which was increased to K5,000 but they refused and recorded the conversation on phone. The two men pleaded to be forgiven for their behaviour.
But during cross-examination, defence counsel from the Legal aid board John Phiri wondered how Ngalande could have stroked Thabitha’s private parts without any sign of bruises and Thabitha maintained that the man did not rape her but inserted his fingers in her private parts.
The siblings are being represented by state prosecutor Justine Zyambo who intends to call six witnesses. Trial continues.
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Tabita
July 11, 2013 at 10:39 am
9yr old woman? Eee
maybin mpundu
July 11, 2013 at 10:53 am
foolz
CB
July 11, 2013 at 11:05 am
Mmmmm Prophets of Nowadays,these men should be punished by the law and People pliz do not believe in Human Nature believe in God for he has given us the authority to tremble all snakes and scorpions which simply can enable us to also cast out demons…..
MAFUPA YOKOYOKO
July 11, 2013 at 11:16 am
@CB its not tremble but trample
Redeemed
July 11, 2013 at 11:17 am
9 year old is a minor!
Mundia M
July 11, 2013 at 3:38 pm
The girls were 19 & 22 years old and not 9 years.
Write facts.
bigbuttman
July 11, 2013 at 11:36 am
Since when did Jesus heal by putting his fingers in the vaginas of women. Today the Zambian Church is the leading cause of immorality and Satanism with Pastors feeling the need to touch Women’s breasts and cure young boys by sodomizing them. We have only God who can save us.
Soby
July 12, 2013 at 1:36 pm
We are not told if at all there were women who had vagina problems coming to him. He put his hands on ears for those who had ear problems and eyes for those who had eye problems.
Joe Bidden
July 11, 2013 at 11:40 am
Fishy story
#1. How come a “9 year old” is one narrating the story not the 22 yr old Mambwe?
#2. They were asked if they had sex before and show how they did it with men – 9yr old went on to demonstrate? huh?
Monk Data
July 13, 2013 at 12:22 pm
She is actually 19, turning 20 on 11th November. Just a typing error boss.
sangwapo
July 11, 2013 at 11:56 am
I happened to some girls in Ndola. For them, the “pastors” “exorcised the demons in my cousin’s servants quarter. One of the girls wanted to get married and told the “pastor” that she does not have any ‘feelings” so he inserted his fingers and asked the girl if she was feeling anything; when she replied that she did not, he requested that the following day he will try to insert his manhood. The other “pastor” also told the girl that for her to have a baby that she needed badly, he laid his hand on her private parts and promised to insert his manhood the following day so that they ‘pray’ together. We set a trap the following day but fortunately for them, they saw one girl who was a maid talking to her boss and promised to go there the following day. But before we could alert the police, they sensed and disappeared. I suspect they could be the same ones now in eastern province.
Africa's Last Taboo
July 11, 2013 at 1:31 pm
Such con-men pastor are all over the place and are spreading like a virus. It’s up to ‘believers’ to open their eyes about blind faiths and pray the real devils back to hell.
LT.ZIGI
July 11, 2013 at 12:23 pm
the govt shud censor these so calld prophets in these pentecostal churches,they r doing so much unGodly things
kamcha
July 11, 2013 at 12:26 pm
imwe mwebantu sure,are pipo safe with so called prophets?
namwebene mwebantu ukutemwa ama laying on of hands,even wen you can do it by yoself kanofye watwala umutwe kuli so called pastor.
may those two face the rath of the law if it is true they did that.
xxx
July 11, 2013 at 1:40 pm
story is in the post its a 19yr woman iwe!!! these women are just useless and men are just taking advantage of them,SO called Pastors should be caged for 30+ yrs
kalapansi
July 11, 2013 at 2:06 pm
These are the end times. prophets of doom indeed.
ba medza
July 11, 2013 at 2:12 pm
Am sure they were using their middle fingers & the blame goes to Dora who showed them how to do it. Dora should also be caged for inciting the use of middle fingers.
Umwina Nswi
July 11, 2013 at 3:56 pm
Its not only the so called ‘pentecostal pastors’ but all churches have some of these useless ‘clergy’ putting the name of God in disrepute. There is need to sensitise our children not to go with any church leader to their homes. Infact, we need not to leave kids with these church leaders by themselves, remember the kitwe incident where a sunday school teacher defiled a child.
Bebeni Bonfwe
July 11, 2013 at 3:59 pm
This is one stupit story. Tumfweko, if in TumfwekoLand a 9 year old is considered a woman, it doesn’t mean it applies everywhere else!!!! These girls are also quite primitive. What a stupit story, yaba, twachula
Man of god kiss them all if you want
July 11, 2013 at 7:07 pm
You@bebeni do not read news kapoli!Abena pastor they wanted iya free.Chipata mountains lol !
Kalikonse
July 11, 2013 at 8:59 pm
Gods wrath will be upon those who touch the anointed ones.
Jesus "saves'' baloney
July 12, 2013 at 1:35 am
bad God
hussen daka
July 12, 2013 at 2:27 am
God is always Good Dear, You have the freedom of choice.
hussen daka
July 12, 2013 at 2:24 am
May The The Lord Hear Our Cry.
why not if not
July 12, 2013 at 2:50 am
These are the hopeless pastors we should condemn because their bad fruits can be seen . But you find even those whose good fruits are seen we condemn like the issues I`ve been Reading on T.B Joshua.
Blelion Muuka
July 12, 2013 at 10:09 am
It is a very sad story indeed. Its high time believers stopped believing in men but rather put their trust in God. Why is it that Christians have become victims of such circumstances? Learn to take your problems to God through prayer. God hears everyone who calls on Him.
WANGU NI WANGU
July 12, 2013 at 10:10 am
I BLAME THE IDIOCY IN WOMEN !!
Richard
July 12, 2013 at 10:14 am
Thats bull shit, those two should suffer the results of hiding themselves in God’s name. 10yrs imprisonment
SAINT DESPERATIOUS
July 12, 2013 at 11:06 am
The question is; Did they enjoy it?
Wapya
July 12, 2013 at 11:26 am
9 year old woman how?
Sara
July 12, 2013 at 11:27 am
It is reported that the “the two clergymen failed to remove the underwear of the girls” how was it possible for the pastors to insert their fingers then? Lets wait and hear the court’s ruling.
child protector
July 12, 2013 at 1:46 pm
let the two pay for their sins.their church must be closed indefinitely if not De-registered.
Dj Man Chilo
July 13, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Why did she do that, is she insern?
Interpol
July 14, 2013 at 7:17 pm
These are men of god not God. Period!!!!