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'Ex-lover desperate,' says Wadyajena
12 Dec 2014 at 10:07hrs | Views
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP, Justice Mayor Wadyajena has described Wadzanai Mudare, his former lover who is claiming maintenance from him, as a desperate woman who wants to extort money and tarnish his political image.
Testifying in the maintenance case at the civil court in Harare on Thursday, where Mudare is demanding $1 500 for the upkeep of their 11-year-old daughter, Wadyajena said he could not manage to pay the amount as his businesses were no longer viable.
"The problem is that this woman (Mudare) told me that she wanted to fix me so that my political career would be in tatters, she is trying to extort money from me," said Wadyajena who is insisting he can only pay $200 as maintenance.
"I am an MP who takes home $2 400 monthly inclusive of allowances. I am the director of Mayor Logistics, I have been supplying fuel but business has gone down and furthermore, Zimra garnished our bank accounts. I have not been able to pay my workers for the past three months and Mudare came to my offices two weeks back and she can testify to the situation.
"I love my daughter, she is my child…she shares the same birthday with my mother, I am prepared to take her to any boarding school," said Wadyejena.
The youthful Wadyajena denied Mudare's claims that he neglected his daughter.
"It's not true that when my mother and brother brought the child back to Mudare, her school fees had not been paid and that she had no clothes," Wadyajena said.
"It's not true that I am wealthy, for I am an MP who develops the constituency through well-wishers. The bill board in my constituency that is inscribed my name was erected through well-wishers. It's not true that I own several vehicles, I only own a BMW and a Jeep Cherokee which my wife drives," said Wadyajena.
Magistrate Tafadzwa Muvhami set December 30 2014 as the day he will make a ruling.
Mudare last year filed a claim in the civil court seeking that the MP pay $11 600 towards the upkeep of their 11-year-old daughter.
However, the civil court dismissed the claim and ruled that Wadyajena pay $1 500 as maintenance.
Wadyajena last month appealed to the High Court, arguing that the claim be reviewed downwards as he could not afford it.
High Court judges of Appeal, justices Amie Tsanga and Alphias Chitakunye, subsequently quashed the lower court's ruling and submitted that the civil court make a fresh determination in the matter.
The two judges ruled that the civil court magistrate had misdirected himself by ignoring relevant issues such as the legislator's monthly income.
However, Mudare is dismissing the legislator's claim, arguing that he owns six top of the range vehicles which have personalised number plates.
She also submitted that Wadyajena owns a number of haulage trucks and was a resident of Borrowdale Brook - an indication that he could afford to pay the maintenance claim.
Testifying in the maintenance case at the civil court in Harare on Thursday, where Mudare is demanding $1 500 for the upkeep of their 11-year-old daughter, Wadyajena said he could not manage to pay the amount as his businesses were no longer viable.
"The problem is that this woman (Mudare) told me that she wanted to fix me so that my political career would be in tatters, she is trying to extort money from me," said Wadyajena who is insisting he can only pay $200 as maintenance.
"I am an MP who takes home $2 400 monthly inclusive of allowances. I am the director of Mayor Logistics, I have been supplying fuel but business has gone down and furthermore, Zimra garnished our bank accounts. I have not been able to pay my workers for the past three months and Mudare came to my offices two weeks back and she can testify to the situation.
"I love my daughter, she is my child…she shares the same birthday with my mother, I am prepared to take her to any boarding school," said Wadyejena.
The youthful Wadyajena denied Mudare's claims that he neglected his daughter.
"It's not true that when my mother and brother brought the child back to Mudare, her school fees had not been paid and that she had no clothes," Wadyajena said.
"It's not true that I am wealthy, for I am an MP who develops the constituency through well-wishers. The bill board in my constituency that is inscribed my name was erected through well-wishers. It's not true that I own several vehicles, I only own a BMW and a Jeep Cherokee which my wife drives," said Wadyajena.
Magistrate Tafadzwa Muvhami set December 30 2014 as the day he will make a ruling.
Mudare last year filed a claim in the civil court seeking that the MP pay $11 600 towards the upkeep of their 11-year-old daughter.
However, the civil court dismissed the claim and ruled that Wadyajena pay $1 500 as maintenance.
Wadyajena last month appealed to the High Court, arguing that the claim be reviewed downwards as he could not afford it.
High Court judges of Appeal, justices Amie Tsanga and Alphias Chitakunye, subsequently quashed the lower court's ruling and submitted that the civil court make a fresh determination in the matter.
The two judges ruled that the civil court magistrate had misdirected himself by ignoring relevant issues such as the legislator's monthly income.
However, Mudare is dismissing the legislator's claim, arguing that he owns six top of the range vehicles which have personalised number plates.
She also submitted that Wadyajena owns a number of haulage trucks and was a resident of Borrowdale Brook - an indication that he could afford to pay the maintenance claim.
Source - dailynews
