Mutare family in cemetery storm

14 Oct, 2016 - 02:10 0 Views
Mutare family in cemetery storm Enilson Siyahamba

The ManicaPost

Martha Siyahamba

Martha Siyahamba

Tendai Gukutikwa: Weekender Correspondent
A MUTARE man who is allegedly in the habit of barring his extended family members from visiting their family cemetery was dragged to court last week. Peter Siyahamba was dragged to Mutare Civil Court by his biological sister, two sisters-in-law and nephew, Ivy, Treda, Martha and Enilson Siyahamba respectively.In his application, Enilson told the court that Siyahamba was abusive as he carried around an axe and bars everyone from entering the family cemetery for unknown reasons. He also told the court that Peter threatened to kill him with his axe on numerous occasions and that he was in the habit of visiting him at his workplace in town and causing commotion.

Martha, a wife to Siyahamba’s late elder brother, said she was living in fear of her life as her brother-in-law was in the habit of threatening to kill her with his axe.

“He does not allow either of us to visit the family cemetery, to clean the cemetery or lay wreaths on our loved ones’ graves. He threatens us with the axe that he always carries around.

“Your Worship, whenever we meet him, he does not greet us, but spits on the ground and walks away if on that day we are lucky not to be assaulted by him,” she narrated.

She also told the court that Peter accused her of having killed her husband, thereby barring her from visiting her husband’s grave.

“He claims that if I enter the cemetery, I will evoke his brother’s spirit to haunt him, but that is not the case because his brother’s spirit is already haunting him. He assaulted his brother and caused his early death.

“Peter is way younger than me and my late husband, but he disrespects me. Maybe this is so because he never went to school.

“If he had gone to school he could have been taught manners,” she aired her views.

In response, Siyahamba stated that he was not opposing the granting of the protection order. He, however, said the order should be binding.

This was after he had denied ever disturbing the four applicants’ peace.

In her ruling, Ms Ndiraya said there was no need for a binding order because Peter Siyahamba had not stated how the four also disturbed his peace.

She acknowledged that there was bad blood between the Siyahambas who had dragged each other to court.

Treda and Ivy Siyahamba

Treda and Ivy Siyahamba

Ms Ndiraya granted the protection order to Ivy, Martha, Enilson and Treda.

 

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