It is a classic case of joy turning into hear-break, as a man just free from prison has returned home to find his wife heavily pregnant. Should he rejoice still having regained his freedom, or break down in sorrow discovering that while he was languishing in jail, his wife had given herself to another man to plough....CONTINUE READING
This is the dilemma before 49-year old Njamba Musokotwane of Kalomo District in Southern region of Zambia, who had just finished serving a sentence at Kalomo Correctional Facility
There was no doubt that while he sweated in prison, his hopes had been to be done one day and get reunited with his wife, 32-year old Nitah Phiri
That expectation had burst into thin air, with the ex-convict finding out, by the time he returned home, that his wife had become heavily pregnant for another man.
The atmosphere in their home in Germany Township had since lost the anticipated warmth of his return but now carries the air of gloom, for his wife is heavily pregnant with triplets.
Reports show that is not the end of the story, because Nitah, not to be outdone, took extreme measures: extracting the baby and throwing it into a sewage.
According to local media, the woman wrapped the foetus inside a material and then went ahead to throw it into a sewage in Germany Town.
This happened at about 21 hours last Thursday, the reports added referencing neigbours.
Many have been left wondering what next would be the fate of the union.
The Eagle checks show for example, the over 25,000 divorce cases recorded in Zambia in 2021 was mainly due to infidelity, denial of conjugal rights, and use of love potions among married couples.
From 20,818 divorces in 2019, the number increased to 25,851 in 2020.
Outside of the informal debate on who cheats most in relationships in the county, returning home after a long spell outside to find one’s spouse heavily pregnant is indeed one scenario no man would want to be faced with.
