By Own Correspondent- Four more children have stepped forward as it has been revealed that Oliver Mtukudzi died without a will.

Of the four, two are male and the other two are female, all with different mothers. This brings the number of the late Dr Mtukudzi’s official and unofficial children to 10.

Said a member of the Mtukudzi family:

“There are the four girls — Sandra, Selmor, Samantha and Sybil.

Then there is the official out of wedlock son, Selby, whom you may be aware has a birth certificate. Then there is the young woman from Bulawayo to make them six.

“With the arrival of these four, the number now rises to 10. Some of them have actually been Kuma D (the Old Highfield home where Mtukudzi grew up). Vana tete vanoziva vazukuru vavo.

Vese vanosvikira pa 3081 (the aunts know their nephews and nieces. The new kids go to the family home first),” a close family member told the state media.

Meanwhile, the issue of “personal Tuku belongings” versus Tuku Music property (the company assets) has already caused an uproar in the family after Norton-based artiste, Mbeu, played Tuku’s acoustic guitar at the Cape Town Jazz festival last week.

Culturally, a deceased person’s belongings should not be touched for a specified period until certain rituals are done followed by the distribution of the property to various family members.

Tuku’s eldest daughter, Sandra, expressed anguish that her father’s guitar had been given to a “stranger”  to use before the necessary observances were done.

“A lot of activities were put on ice because of this weekend’s ceremony. Why should Mbeu play our father’s guitar? This is a stranger and already he is being given our father’s property.

It does not make sense,” said Sandra.-StateMedia