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George Maponga in Masvingo
BIKITA West House of Assembly member Munyaradzi Kereke has agreed to pay $2,000 monthly maintenance and other lavish perks to a Great Zimbabwe University student whom he sired a child with in February 2011.Kereke also undertook to provide a Toyota Rav 4 vehicle to Maudy Machangwa, a Marketing student at Great Zimbabwe University.
He will also pay school fees for the student’s other child.
In a consent order filed at the Masvingo Civil Court that was signed by provincial magistrate Dorothy Mwanyisa last Friday, Kereke promised to start paying maintenance to Machangwa with effect from this month.
Machangwa dragged Kereke to court in December last year alleging that he was neglecting a child they had four years ago following a long running love affair.
In her application for maintenance, Machangwa, who stays in the plush Rhodene suburb in Masvingo, demanded $1,950 monthly from Kereke for her personal upkeep and her two children.
Machangwa submitted that Kereke could afford to pay the money because he was a reputable businessman with interests in various enterprises dotted around the country.
She further submitted that Kereke was a Member of Parliament and could afford to pay her what she wanted.
“The respondent has been neglecting his child who was born on 1 February 2011 and is now at pre-school,” read part of the application by Machangwa.
On top of paying Machangwa $2,000 monthly, Kereke offered a vehicle to transport her two children to school.
The vehicle would automatically be owned by Machangwa upon delivery.
Kereke also agreed to pay schools fees for the two children.
In her application Machangwa demanded $300 for uniforms and toys, $500 for rentals, $500 for school fees, $150 for medical cover, $300 for food and $200 for motor vehicle service and fuel.
The Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial leadership recently recommended that Kereke be re-admitted into the ruling party after he was fired for insubordination in the run up to the 2013 harmonised elections.
Politburo is yet to officially confirm Kereke’s re-admission into the party.
Online Reporter