Man guilty of breaching marriage contract

MARY LEMBA
Ndola
A NDOLA woman has dragged her Congolese fiancé to court over breach of marriage contract.
Sylvia Kapitolo, 48, a resident of Kabushi Extension Township, said her fiancé, Joseph Baita, took dowry to her family with the promise of marrying her without disclosing that he was already a married man.
Kapitolo was narrating in a case in which she sued Baita for compensation for breach of marriage contract in Kabushi Local Court.
Kapitolo told the court that the two started dating in October last year.
“He told me that he was from Congo and was not married. He also told me that he was looking for a woman to marry. I asked him several times if he was married but he always responded that he was single, so I accepted his proposal,” Kapitolo said.
She said Baita took dowry to her older brother after some time.
“Later, he told me that he was having some problems, so we won’t be staying together soon,” she said.
Kapitolo said he later asked her if she would look for a house but after she did, she had been staying alone. She said he kept telling her that he was an apostle and he needed to clear certain things.
“I later discovered that he was married and that is the reason
I have sued him for breach of marriage agreement because he has wasted my time,” she said.
But in defence, Baita told the court that when he met Kapitolo last year, he informed her that he was having problems with his wife.
“I asked her if we could still start a relationship despite being married. I was honest in the beginning that I was married, she was aware and she accepted,” he said.
He said Kapitolo asked him if the two could visit her relatives and he accepted on condition that she should not disclose his marital status to her relatives.
Baita said one of Kapitolo’s older brothers asked him if he was married and he refused…https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm/welcome/home