Agronomist deserts family

Weekender Reporters
AN agronomist allegedly dumped his family in Chiredzi before relocating to Mutare in search of greener pastures. Gift Muyambo, a senior agronomist at Shalom Hardware and Chemicals, appeared before Mutare magistrate Mrs Sharon Chipanga last week with his wife Yvonne Mazvese who was claiming $150 for their two children.

Mazvese claimed that Muyambo vanished from their home in Chiredzi earlier this year and there has been no contact between them until recently when she found him.

“I have been tracking him down until I found him at Shalom Hardware and Chemicals enjoying his money while his children have been starving all along. I want $150 for both the children,” said Mazvese.

Muyambo, who earns $350, offered $34 for his two children, but the wife would not have any of it.
Muyambo was, however, ordered by the court to pay $110 monthly for the upkeep of his children with effect from September 30, 2014.
Meanwhile, a vendor last week approached the courts demanding $120 maintenance for two children from her ex-husband who survives by selling airtime.

Appearing before Mutare magistrate Mr Langton Mukwengi, the applicant, only identified as Memory, was at loggerheads with Maxwell Murema whom she described as irresponsible and negligent.

Asked to make her claim, Memory told the court that she wanted $120 for the upkeep of her children because she was struggling to make ends meet from the little proceeds she gets from her business as a vendor.

She, however, said her ex-husband earned $100 every month from selling airtime. Mr Mukwengi told her that it was illogical for her to claim $120 from someone who earns less than that.

Murema, on the other hand, settled for $40 when he was asked how much he could part with for his children’s sustenance.
“$120 is too much for me, Your Worship. I am just an airtime vendor and I do not realise $100 monthly, I get much less. I have since stopped pursuing a decent job because of health problems which she is well aware of. Giving away $120 every month will break me down, Your Worship. I can only afford $40,” said Murema as he pleaded with the magistrate.

In his ruling, Mr Mukwengi ordered Murema to pay $50 every month as maintenance for his two children with Memory.