Mungule, a 60-year-old married man in the outskirts of Lusaka, had to bring back his ex-wife because he was unable to pay back the loan he owed her, while other couples get back together for a variety of reasons, including having kids.
Boyd Siame’s wife filed a lawsuit against him at the Matero Local court last month, claiming that he had returned to his ex-wife.
Since 2007, the couple has been wed. Magadalene Mulenga, his 56-year-old wife, claimed that Siame abruptly changed and ejected her from their marital residence because he desired to reunite with his ex-lover after they had been apart for 17 years.
She said after chasing her, he even stopped eating her food, no matter the amount of Onga she added.
“He chased me saying he wanted to bring in his former wife. When I asked him why, he told me that it was because he owed her money that he couldn’t pay. So together, they sold our plot belonging to my husband and I, and they spent the money the two of them,” complained Mulenga.
During his time to air out his view, Siame told the court that his marriage with Mulenga was not a love one but rather arranged, and that on top of that, he is not her first husband.
He went to say that, despite the above reasons, he still did not neglect Mulenga after bringing back his former wife.
“Even if she is complaining, I gave her and her fellow wife one week each to spend with me. But for her, she sleeps with cloths saying that I insult her. Here where you see us, we haven’t enjoyed each other for two months. She disrespects me,” said Siame.
But when asked if both parties wanted to reconcile with one another, their response was both a firm yes.
“Do not go back to your former wife. It is not good to go back to your past,” Magistrate Lewis Mumba advised Siame.
Magistrate Mumba then reconciled the couple and advised the two parties to live in harmony.
