Zengeza man evicts ex-wife from home

eviction order.
Editor Kudyarawanza could not contain the action taken against her by her husband of over three decades.

Basil Chikuwanyanga filed the eviction order on grounds that he wanted a tenant to occupy the house since Kudyarawanza was not paying rent.
She was also said to have no right whatsoever to stay at the property.
Chitungwiza resident magistrate Ms Olivia Mariga dismissed the woman’s claims that she contributed to the claimed property.

“Your worship, my husband and I have been married for the past 37 years.
“The house in question belonged to us since both parties injected some money through the housing co-operative scheme in the early 1980s. We were allocated the stand in 2005 and I was responsible for the construction,” she said.

However, Ms Mariga asked Kudyarawanza to produce any documentation that shows she owns the house, but she failed.
Even the witnesses she brought to testify for her failed to share any meaningful evidence.

The woman even tried to convince the court that their marriage hit a brick wall when her husband married a second wife.
She claimed the man was a habitual drinker, womaniser and sired four children out of wedlock.

Chikuwanyanga confirmed they were once married but said they parted ways in 1994.
He argued that he only asked her to come and stay at the house when their daughter was terminally ill.

After the death of the child in April this year, he claimed that she was supposed to have vacated the premises but refused.
Her actions forced Chikuwanyanga to seek an eviction order, which was granted.