Marry Mubaiwa says her estranged husband, Acting President Chiwenga gave her a United States dollar bill as a divorce token which she reje...
Marry Mubaiwa says her estranged husband, Acting President
Chiwenga gave her a United States dollar bill as a divorce token which she
rejected.
“The defendant further claims in reconvention that the
plaintiff has failed to follow proper customary law procedures to end the
customary marriage and that, instead, plaintiff sent (Anselem) Sanyatwe to give
her a United States dollar bill which she declined to accept on the basis that
it is unlawful in Zimbabwe to transact in United States dollars and that it was
(up to) the plaintiff to give her gupuro (divorce token) after following all
proper customary protocol. Consequently, the customary marriage continues to
subsist,” she said.
Marry rejected claims by Chiwenga that she was an unfit
mother.
“Defendant denies that she is a drug addict and pleads that
the children were under her exclusive care for long periods of time without any
adverse consequences on them and it is denied that the children’s best
interests would be served by custody being awarded to a sickly absentee parent
who is more in hospital than out.
Marry revealed that Chiwenga had all his assets registered
in his relatives’ names in an effort to avoid sanctions that were imposed on
him by the United States government.
“Defendant pleads that all assets acquired during the
subsistence of the marriage were acquired with the full knowledge and
participation of the plaintiff, whose name could not be used and who, on advice
from the bank, procured his relatives to assist in the acquisition of the
assets on the basis that plaintiff’s name could not be used as he was on the
sanctions list.”
Apart from the equivalent of US$40 000 per month as
maintenance Marry is also claiming exotic holidays from the retired army
general.
“That plaintiff pays for the defendant and her children
annual holidays; one fully expensed international holiday per annum at a
five-star facility inclusive of spending money of not less than the equivalent
of US$25 000, one fully expensed regional holiday per annum at a five-star
facility inclusive of spending money of not less than the equivalent of US$15
000, one fully expensed local holiday per annum and spending money of not less
than US$25 000 per person.”
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