Alcohol Separates Lusaka Couple

A 33-year-old woman of Lusaka West wept before Matero Local Court magistrate Petronella Kalyelye as she asked the court to grant her divorce from her husband whom she accused of traumatising her.
With tears in her eyes, Brenda Nkauso told magistrate Kalyelye when she tried to reconcile the couple that her husband, John Mumbwe had turned her into a slave in their 14 years of marriage.
This was a case in which Nkauso sued Mumbwe, 34, for divorce after the two failed to resolve their marital dispute.
Facts before the court were that the two got married in 2000 and have two children but problems have persisted since then.
Nkauso told the court that she was no longer interested in the marriage with Mumbwe because her husband was an alcoholic who talks the whole night every time he comes from a drinking spree.
He said her husband never respected her as he used to insult her in the presence of his girlfriends without any reason.
“Enough is enough, I have had it with this man before he commits suicide please grant us divorce so that he does that when he is married to some else,” she said.
However, Mumbwe appealed to the court not to grant the couple divorce as he was willing to change and became a better man.
A remorseful Mumbwe told the court that he wanted one last chance to prove to his wife that he still loved her.
He said he never wanted to live alone because he still loved his wife and wanted to continue staying with her so that they could care for their children.
“Please give me an ultimatum in which to change, if she discovers that I have not changed she can come back to court so that you can grant us divorce,” he said.
Magistrate Kalyelye tried to talk to Nkauso so that she could give her husband a second chance but the plaintiff could not bow forcing the court to grant divorce.
Mumbwe was ordered to compensate his former wife with K5,000 to be paid in monthly installments of K200 while another K200 should go towards child maintenance.

Posted by Kunda on September 14, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

7 Responses to Alcohol Separates Lusaka Couple

Cool temple

September 14, 2014 at 11:19 pm

what do you expect from FOX MUMBWE surely?
wisdom

September 14, 2014 at 11:21 pm

Good judgement, no second chance for this silly insulting alchoholic.
munonko wansaka

September 15, 2014 at 12:25 am

amanofye ya bumumbwe, being drunk and talk the all night what a combination its mumbwe style?
Tell it as it is

September 15, 2014 at 9:20 am

This fox indeed behaves as expected of foxes, but the idea of compensating Brenda does not make sense. What is wrong with our Local courts? Why do they always think of males as moving ATMs? This kind of jungle judgements if left unchecked will attract a lot of divorces for the sake of thirty pieces of silver.
Chief of Grief

September 15, 2014 at 11:31 am

Kikikikikikikikikikiki alila foul chikala ati nshakabwekeshepo kikikiki.Naiwemwene mumbwe chikala,some of us do drink & not talking gibberish the phucking 9t,i can imagine the irritation from the other sober part.Just drink & go to bed quietly,these ‘re ythe pipo we Phuck up in clubs,in the morning chabuka nachifimba.
vs

September 16, 2014 at 2:58 pm

CONSTITUTION HAS TO CHANGE.THE MAN NEVR WANTED DEVORCE.HE SHOULD NOT PAY
- Ulubunda
  
  September 16, 2014 at 3:38 pm
  
  Just from the name MUMBWE? No more issues.