Pregnancy saves unfaithful wife from divorce
Written by Millennium on April 24, 2019
LUCY PHIRI writes
The Chelstone Local Court has granted a pregnant Lusaka wife who was sued for divorce by her husband a grace period until she delivers.
Presiding Magistrate Mary Namangala told Bernard Mtonga,28, of Chelstone that he could not be granted divorce because his wife was 2 months pregnant.
Mtonga sued her wife Rosemary Sianga,23, of the same area for divorce alleging that she has been unfaithful ever since they got married in 2017.
He told court that his wife had a promiscuous life and did know any ‘no’ answer in her mouth when approached by men for sex.
He said he has lost trust in her because she had been unfaithful for two years.
“My wife’s infidelity has now reached to the brim, she doesn’t allow me to touch her phone but whenever I find chance I always see some messages, dialled calls, missed calls and received calls deleted from men,
“I usually found text messages from men saying, Baby why are you not picking up my phone. She has been hiding so much information from me and doesn’t respect me as well,” He said.
He further told court that the family sat them down for more than three times but to no avail.
“My worry about my wife’s family is that they always say they do not want someone from the Eastern Province or rather Eastern blood claiming that they are troublesome and whenever I tell them what we pass through they usually say I am lying and I was only accusing their daughter,
“I just want to divorce her because I lost trust and love a long time ago, my wife looks innocent but dangerous,” He said.
In defence, Sianga said she was two months pregnant and still loved her husband and could not divorce him.
“My husband has a girlfriend and doesn’t allow me to touch his phone but wants to touch and inspect mine all the time. He doesn’t communicate with me properly, he does things alone. He recently got a loan of K50,000 without telling me,” she said.
She told the court her husband slept with his phone under the pillow, adding that he was a cheater.
In submission, Mtonga told court that he could not manage to stay in the same house with his wife and so needed to divorce her.
But the court ruled that a divorce could not be granted until she delivered.
“Divorce cannot take place until she delivers because she needs your love and care, and you should stay peacefully until the child is born,” said Magistrate Namangala