A MBERENGWA man has left fellow villagers dumbfounded amid allegations he was in the habit of engaging in sex with his three daughters and allegedly sired three children with them. It is understood that the man from Chief Maziofa had a child with his first daughter, two children with his second and is believed to be sleeping with his third daughter. Sunday News visited the area last week, where traditional leaders and villagers alleged that the man who cannot be named for ethical reasons had indeed sired children with his children. Mabhiza village head Mr Moses Hove “confirmed” that the man has children with his daughters and was once arrested for incest.
“This issue is an old one. He has been doing that for a very long time and we are worried that when he was arrested, he was released despite my brother Sarai reporting him to the police. Personally I have never caught him in the act but from the information that we have gathered, he has three children with his two daughters. I am prepared to stand before the court and testify to what I know and what I have been advised by fellow villagers. This is unacceptable culturally. Incest is taboo. I can even go with you to his homestead and confront him in your presence,” said Mr Hove.
Other villagers claimed the man impregnated his first daughter in 2003 and the child was now 13 years old and doing Grade Seven at a local primary school. He was arrested after his son teamed with a fellow villager Mr Sarai Hove and reported the matter to the police but was allegedly released without being charged.
Another villager who said naming him will create tensions with the man said he chased away his son after he revealed to fellow villagers that his father was sleeping with his children and had impregnated one of them. The villager said the man then went on to impregnate his second daughter and the child is doing Grade Two. The man, the villager further alleged, had a second child with the second daughter who has just started the Early Childhood Development (ECD) education level.
“Everyone in the village is aware that the man sleeps with his children. He is such a shameless man. He has a child with his first daughter and two children with the second and now he is sleeping with his third daughter. He was once arrested but was released by the police. We suspect that he uses juju,” said the villager.
The villager added that it is suspected that the third daughter is also pregnant for her father. However, when the Sunday News crew visited the man’s homestead, he claimed that villagers were framing him. The man said the second daughter only had one child and said the last two children, which are said to be hers were his wife’s.
“I do not know about that. It is news to me whoever told you was lying,” he said. The man was, however, evasive when asked on why he was arrested in 2003 referring all questions to his wife. “Wait for my wife she is taking a bath,” he said.
The wife professed ignorance but did not corroborate with her husband on the number of children they have. While the man said they have seven children, his wife said they had six. Contacted for comment the third daughter referred the news crew to her father while others could not be located.