Newstead Zimba and ex-wife Naomi fight over house ownership in court FORMER Information and Broadcasting Services minister, Newstead Zimba has told the court that he is a Christian who does not believe in divorce because experiences encountered by him after previous divorces have taught him lessons. Mr Zimba, however, told the court when he was asked by his former wife, Naomi Mbewe’s lawyer as to what happened with his first two marriages if he did not believe in divorce that he divorced the first wife and abandoned the second one for Naomi. This is in a matter where Naomi has appealed against the Lusaka local court’s decision to grant Mr Zimba a house on Woodlands’ Nalikwanda road after the divorce last year. Ms Mbewe contends that she equally contributed to the purchase of the house while in marriage as such, she should also benefit from it. Mr Zimba who is a former diplomat has also appealed against the local court’s decision to give Naomi one of the two vehicles claiming the vehicles were his. “When I was in Foreign Service, I was getting a lot of money, K38 million per month at some point. I was already minister when I married her so I had money” he said. During continued trial before Lusaka resident magistrate, Ireen Wushimanga yesterday, Mr Zimba urged the court to throw out Naomi’s request saying he wholly bought the house on his own. “When I was in Foreign Service, I was getting a lot of money, K38 million per month at some point. I was already minister when I married her so I had money” he said. Mr Zimba said the money which Ms Mbewe was making from her Salon and other business was a hand to mouth. He said that he allowed Ms Mbewe to co- hold the title of the house but that did not mean that she had contributed to its purchase and cannot claim ownership. Meanwhile, Ms Mbewe’s lawyers yesterday asked the court to intervene over Mr Zimba’s decision to refuse to release Ms Mbewe’s personal property such as under wear, clothes and the house. Ms Wushimanga has since advised Ms Mbewe to put in a formal application to the court so that the matter could be attended to. Mr Zimba confirmed to the court that there were several personal things belonging to Ms Mbewe at his house but that he was not one who asked her to leave the matrimonial home.
Posted on: Wed, 07 May 2014 08:49:58 +0000
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