WHILE she was six months pregnant and could not afford to have sex with her husband, the husband instead woke up at 04:00 every day to have sex in the toilet with his girlfriend. Barbara Ngosa, 32, told the Kabushi Local Court that she would only find used condoms outside the toilet when she woke up in the morning. She told the court that in her state, she could not afford to have sex with her husband, Jonathan Mwanza, 33, who demanded it on a daily basis. Mwanza, 33, has sued Ngosa for divorce due to matrimonial disputes.

Ngosa also told the court that her husband had been telling his girlfriend that she was a maid and not his wife. She also charged that her husband has since chased her from the matrimonial bedroom forcing her to sleep in the children’s bedroom. She pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage so that they can keep the three children together.

In his testimony, Mwanza said he wanted the court to dissolve the marriage because his wife was impregnated by a police officer, she was keeping secrets and engaged in money-lending activities. Mwanza said problems in their marriage started immediately they got married in 2010. “One day, she got an Automated Teller Machine bank card and went to withdraw money at 22: 00 hours and disappeared from home for two days.

“She came back with K800 which she said that we should share,” he said. Mwanza also said that he discovered that his wife was HIVpositive on his own when he found hospital papers on the table. Kabushi local court senior magistrate Mildred Namwizye and Evelyn Nalwizye could not grant the divorce to the couple, but urged them to wait until the wife gives birth and conduct DNA test to determine the paternity of the child.