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IN a bid to block the granting of a protection order to his wife against him, a Mutare man told the courts that the order would limit his wife’s matrimonial duties. Maxwell Nyazika told the presiding magistrate, Mrs Annia Ndiraya that his wife, Annie Chimusoro would look down upon him and disregard her duties as a wife. However, his flimsy excuses were thrown out and a protection order was granted.
Nyazika also told the court that the order would be a passport for his wife to become the head of the house.
“From my own research, Your Worship women who get protection orders tend to disrespect their husbands, both in bed and even in the kitchen and I do not want that to be my case. How can the court find it legal to limit my actions towards my wife?
“She is my wife, I paid her bride price and therefore have the right to deal with her decisively and punish her if she displeases me. I am against the granting of the protection order and I pray that her application should be dismissed,” said Nyazika.
However, the court would not have it all since Chimusoro had hinted that Nyazika was an abusive husband who assaulted, intimidated, insulted and harassed her using vulgar words.
Said Chimusoro: “This man is very violent and he harasses as well as assaults me. I have had enough of his assaults and insults, a reason why I have sought the court’s protection.”
In her granting of the protection order, Mrs Ndiraya took into consideration the fact that Nyazika did not challenge his wife’s claims on his violent behaviour and that he had admitted by telling the court that he had a right to punish his wife.
“What this order will limit are not her wifely duties, but your violence towards her. And therefore you are barred from assaulting, insulting, harassing, intimidating and threatening your wife,” ordered Mrs Ndiraya.
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