General Chiwenga has told the court that his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa’s bail must be revoked as she has lied about her passports. ...
He said Marry had two valid diplomatic passports and one
ordinary passport when the High Court recently freed her on bail.
Two diplomatic passports (AD005170) and (AD005759) bearing
Marry’s names are due to expire on December 11 this year and November 2, 2022
respectively. The third passport
(CN701555) will expire on February 21, 2022. The Acting President’s lawyers,
Manase & Manase Legal Practitioners, argued that the prosecution was not
aware of the issue when bail was argued.
The lawyers said by not surrendering all the passports she
had in her possession, Marry was not a candid person and her bail should be
revoked. “By lying, she should have her bail revoked,” reads the affidavit.
Chiwenga does not want Marry to return to Number 614 Nick
Price Drive, Borrowdale Brooke. The
lawyers argued that Marry, being an accused person, could not share the house
with the Acting President, who is the complainant in two of the cases for fear
of interference.
Chiwenga said that Marry found him staying at the residence
in question when they married and she no longer had a legal right to be there
following termination of their customary union recently.
“Number 614 Nick Price Drive, Borrowdale, is my house of
sentimental value awarded to me by the High Court in a former divorce matter by
the late Justice Mutema. I have no other home,” he said.
“Since her release from prison, she is staying somewhere in
one of her houses. She must stay there so as not to interfere with State
witnesses and a complainant,” he said.
Chiwenga denied allegations that he abducted their three
children, saying he was taking care of the children as a natural parent.
“The applicant was arrested and the children were left
unattended. It became incumbent on the respondent to take the children. I took
them on holiday abroad and initially they had signs of trauma as they explained
the black magic rituals they were subjected to by the applicant.
“My clothes in some cases were heaped together and sprayed
by applicant with some unknown substances. I had to take the children away to
cleanse them of memories of the horrors they experienced.
“Applicant cannot be trusted with children in the
circumstances. While she cannot be precluded from being with and seeing the
children, the court must balance the scales as there is need for both parents
to continuously be with the children in order to ensure an unabused welfare,”
he said.
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