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'We are sisters and stand by each other,' say Gumbura's 11 wives
09 Feb 2014 at 06:06hrs | Views
The incarceration of disgraced RGM End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura appears to have shaken his 11 wives, the Sunday Mail reported.
Gumbura was last week slapped with a 40-year jail term after being convicted on four counts of rape and another count on possessing p*rnographic material.
During their husband's trial, Gumbura's wives put up a united front and were ever ready to give their side of the story. Days before their husband was sentenced, they visited The Sunday Mail to defend their man and vowed to grant the newspaper another interview soon after the passing of sentence.
However, they seem to have recoiled into a shell after realising that the empire was crumbling around them and they would not be sharing bed with their disgraced husband for the next 40 years.
The wives have vehemently refused to open up following the judgment.
"Sorry, the Gumbura wives feel that they cannot talk to the Press at the moment," said the wives' spokesperson, Queen Bunga.
She explained how each and every one of them has been badly affected by the stiff sentence. However, in the earlier interview the wives had revealed that they hold professional qualifications and had chosen not to go to work simply because their husband was capable of meeting all their needs.
Speaking a few days before Gumbura was slapped with the 40-year jail term, the wives revealed that they hold degrees and several other professional qualifications.
The wives' spokesperson, Queen Bunga, said that reports that Gumbura barred them from going to work were not true.
"We are educated women and can easily get jobs, but we decided to stay at home because our husband takes care of our every need and we needed to be there for the children," she said and all the other "sister wives" chipped in to agree to her statement.
The wives added that their husband was a misunderstood man and defended his doctrine of "committing one into the hands of Satan."
"It is biblical to commit an individual into the hands of the devil," they said. "It is in the Bible in the book of 1 Corinthians 5 verses 1 to 5 and this has been the bedrock of our doctrine, just like what the other Pentecostals and Catholics do when they confine a sinner to restraint. It is actually an act of love that brings one back to God."
They equated the doctrine to the Pentecostal churches' doctrine of "kuiswa pasi peshamhu" and the Methodist doctrine of "kubviswa bhachi", which is a form of punishment that is meant to instil discipline in an individual, not to bring bad omen upon them.
The women said they do all their things together and Gumbura loved them equally.
"We are like sisters. We are friends and stand by each other," they said.
Gumbura was last week slapped with a 40-year jail term after being convicted on four counts of rape and another count on possessing p*rnographic material.
During their husband's trial, Gumbura's wives put up a united front and were ever ready to give their side of the story. Days before their husband was sentenced, they visited The Sunday Mail to defend their man and vowed to grant the newspaper another interview soon after the passing of sentence.
However, they seem to have recoiled into a shell after realising that the empire was crumbling around them and they would not be sharing bed with their disgraced husband for the next 40 years.
The wives have vehemently refused to open up following the judgment.
"Sorry, the Gumbura wives feel that they cannot talk to the Press at the moment," said the wives' spokesperson, Queen Bunga.
She explained how each and every one of them has been badly affected by the stiff sentence. However, in the earlier interview the wives had revealed that they hold professional qualifications and had chosen not to go to work simply because their husband was capable of meeting all their needs.
The wives' spokesperson, Queen Bunga, said that reports that Gumbura barred them from going to work were not true.
"We are educated women and can easily get jobs, but we decided to stay at home because our husband takes care of our every need and we needed to be there for the children," she said and all the other "sister wives" chipped in to agree to her statement.
The wives added that their husband was a misunderstood man and defended his doctrine of "committing one into the hands of Satan."
"It is biblical to commit an individual into the hands of the devil," they said. "It is in the Bible in the book of 1 Corinthians 5 verses 1 to 5 and this has been the bedrock of our doctrine, just like what the other Pentecostals and Catholics do when they confine a sinner to restraint. It is actually an act of love that brings one back to God."
They equated the doctrine to the Pentecostal churches' doctrine of "kuiswa pasi peshamhu" and the Methodist doctrine of "kubviswa bhachi", which is a form of punishment that is meant to instil discipline in an individual, not to bring bad omen upon them.
The women said they do all their things together and Gumbura loved them equally.
"We are like sisters. We are friends and stand by each other," they said.
Source - Sunday Mail
