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Ms Masaiti travelled to Masvingo to marry Mr Ayina, claiming she hailed from Bikita district and the people whom she wanted to witness the marriage were in Masvingo City and surrounding areas.
She further explained that her husband-to-be had relatives in Masvingo who were part of the group of people supposed to witness the marriage.
Sources claimed the legislator was embarrassed to wed someone 10 years her junior hence the bid to secretly do so.
Contacted for comment, Ms Masaiti dismissed the assertions saying she was not embarrassed about anything becau-se she was marrying an adult who could consent to marriage to anyone of his choice.
She said she also did not feel bad that the magistrate had refused to solemnise her marriage to Mr Ayina.
“This is our country, which has its own laws. These laws are supposed to be followed by everybody and all he (magistrate) wanted was to ensure that we had fully complied with the laws of the country before solemnising our marriage,” she said.
“People must not politicise this issue because I have a political life and a social one. The two are not related,” she said.
Amendments to the Marriages Act were made to curb marriages of convenience.
Some foreigners who set up businesses in Zimbabwe end up marrying local women to get resident permits.— Herald Reporter/New Ziana.
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