Chiadzwa super dad bitter over relocation

families from Chiadzwa.
He wants 29 of the 200 houses built and 14 of the US$1 000 household allowances.
Chinese diamond company Anjin Investments has built over 200 houses for the families that had to be moved.
Each house at Arda Transau in Odzi has four rooms and a stand-alone kitchen.
Polygamous men are getting two houses.
But Mr Kayiboni Johani Phillimon of the Joha-ne Marange Apostolic sect presents a whole set of problems.
For a start, he wants 15 houses and 14 kitchens for himself and his wives, but he then needs houses for his “about 70” children (he does not keep count) since each wife’s house must include the traditional father’s bedroom where children are banned.
This means he wants 29 houses and US$14 000.
Anjin had temporarily relocated Mr Phillimon and his family to the former Arda Dairy Farm in Odzi, but the Government is considering brea-king the logjam and allocating him a farm where he can stay with his family.
Adding to the authorities headaches is the fact that some of Mr Phillimon’s children are already married.
The idea is that they should be allocated homes at Arda Transau Farm in their own capacity as adults, rather than as children of a patriarch.
Mr Phillimon, when visited recently, had many complaints.
Anjin Investments had destroyed his 33 houses in Chiadzwa, he was moved in the middle of a farming season and was given a groceries pack for a single family.
“I was only given 4kg of sugar, 4 litres of cooking oil, one box of candles and US$1 000.
“I thought that they (Anjin Investments) were going to give me enough food but I was treated like any ordinary family regardless of the number of wives and children that I have,” he said.
“I don’t know the exact number of my children but I am sure they are around 70 and such a big family really needs more food.
Mr Phillimon’s tenth wife Lucia Kambeni who has 12 children said: “Our husband had build a three bedroom house and a kitchen for each of his wives.
“We left a lot of food in Chiadzwa and here there is nothing for us to eat.
“We hope that these people will quickly come to our rescue because we cannot make any developments here since it is a temporary home.”
Anjin Investments has already relocated 141 families from Chiadzwa to the Arda Transau Farm.