A victim in the defilement case involving a famous Chisamba farmer and businessman of Baba Joana Church, Bishop Joshua Matonga, yesterday narrated the ordeal.
The 14-year-old girl of Chipata Compound in Lusaka who appeared before Lusaka Magistrate, Betty Malupenga, told the court that Bishop Matongo told her that he had been having sex with all the women at his farm, a situation which he said made the women to have soft skin.
The girl told the court that bishop Matongo told her that since she moved to his farm women at the farm did not respect her because she did not have sex with him.
The girl, who is currently in Grade Eight, told the court that she joined the Baba Joana Church sisterhood as per condition that her father left before he died.
She said her father told her that at the time she would turn 14 years old she should join sisterhood at Baba Joana’s Church.
She said last year when she turned 14, her mother prepared all that was required for her to join the sister hood.
The girl narrated that on February 10, last year, she went to Baba Joana Church to join where she was welcomed and introduced to the church as the new sister.
She further said after a week of staying at the church in Marapodi Compound in Lusaka, other sisters from Mr Matongos farm came to congregate and later went with her to the farm.
She explained that during the first week of her stay at the farm in Chisamba she was meant not to help out in doing any household chores or farm works.
Further, the girl said after two weeks, Bishop Matongo asked her to accompany him to the farm where she first touched her breast.
The girl said the first time he touched her on her breast she thought she might have had an insect on her shirt that he may have removed from her but to her surprise he did that twice during the same day.
She explained that on that day she did not know what to do about what happened but decided to go in her room and pray.
The girl, who confirmed to the court having not known Mr Matongo on a personal level, explained that after three days from the first field encounter bishop Matongo invited her to the field again where he told her that she should not be crossing her legs when sitting, adding that such behaviour was tantamount to closing up for him.
“Your honour, he told me that he was ever ready. He then told me that just like the mango tree grows and bares fruits so was I as I had started developing breasts, while pointing at the mango tree in the farm,” narrated that girl.
The girl narrated that after a few days, bishop Matongo sent another girl who had also gone there for sisterhood to call her whist he was in the house.
“Your honour when I entered the house I found bishop Matongo sitted on the bed with his trousers below his waist. As I was taught to be obedient as a sister I knelt down and asked why he called for me. He told me that he wanted her to search for his shoe but to my surprise he grabbed me from the back and pulled me on his bed,” narrated the girl.
The courageous girl, who was visibly strong to stand the group of people in an almost fully packed courtroom, explained that bishop Matongo forced himself on her, leaving her to bleed profusely.
The girl explained that from that day she promised herself to find a way to escape that place, adding that there was no one she could share the sad story with as she was told that all the women at the farm had sex with the same man.
She told the court that during the time she was being abused, a group of women were around and could hear her scream but no one could come to her rescue.
“Your honour, after what happened I started limping but he brought some medicine that I should take but I did not drink because I was not happy and safe staying there,” said the girl.
She said as a time came for bishop Matongo to go for a camp meeting in Zimbabwe, he left K50,000 for the five of us that were left to take care of the farm.
It was at this point that the girl and two others decided to run away from the farm and return to Lusaka as they all confessed to have been sexually abused by bishop Matongo.
Meanwhile in cross examination, Defence Lawyer, Kelvin Bwalya, asked the girl if her parents did not explain what it took for one to join sisterhood at bishop Matongo’s church.
Mr Bwalya also wondered how the church lost some money when the girls ran away as they were suspected to have broken into Mama Stephan’s house who was keeping the church’s money.
Bishop Matongo stands charged defilement of two girls contrary to Section 138 (1) Cap 87 of the Laws of Zambia.
Particulars of the offence are that on dates unknown but between June 1 and October 31 while in Chisamba, Matongo had carnal knowledge of girls under the ages of 16.
ZANIS
Is this a church or a cult….so all the women at the farm hehehehehehehhe even the married ones
iwe ka so called lawyer you are even busy defending matongo the rape star no wonder most of your cases you handle you end up them losing shame ka fake lawyer fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pastors 4 nowday’s are making us not 2 go to church….fake pastors everywere..what a shame…..this man must be put into prison..he deserves it…
He is not a Pastor of nowadays. He is a cultic leader of a very popular cult of Zimbabwean origin. They are commonly known as bapostoli or mazezulu.
Don’t confuse these Satanists with the Church.
Rebased Pastor. Cage the chap to 10 lives.
The man is innocent until proven quilty.if it was a tonga bull or lozi i would have supported for the castration of his two balls!!!!
Sum pastors!!
who told you that this guy is a pastor?I blame the parents coz they knew what it took to become a member
This is not a church but a sect. Cage the unrepentant animal for life. How can he do such a wicked thing and still deny?
shimapepo wanyele kwati bamulowafye ****** kobe! Do not worry Pastor,we shall send you Ka Mushota from LT to be screwing whilst in prison serving your 50 years sentence.
Let him be castrated first before he is sent to jail. Even in jail things happen so could easily continue.
This is a sect. The current Bishop Matongo is sleeping with the women his father used to sleep with before he died. they have some wierd belief in male domination that makes absolutely no sense. His father had married over 50 women, one of whom is this same bishops biological Mother. When his father died he inherited all these women.
Law is something that lacks morality aswell. The girl has been defiled clearly and the lawyer is asking if money went missing? Maybe she used it for transport but clearly she has been defiled.
TRUE !! Thats why I cannot be a liar, oh, a lawyer. If it this liar’s(lawyer’s) daughter, could he be wondering about moeny going missing?? This is a very serious case mwebanthu.
TRUE !! Thats why I cannot be a liar, oh, a lawyer. If it was this liar’s(lawyer’s) daughter, could he be wondering about money going missing?? This is a very serious case mwebanthu.
Mwebantu this is not a sect, but a CULT! The leaders of this church behave contrally to the teachings of the bible, where as a “sect” has been defined as a group that has preserved the essentials of the gospel but who has a particular distinctive teaching creating a separation between the group and other members of the body of Christ.
This Baba Matongo belongs in jail for sure!
That place should be closed or be sold to someone who will use it productively not the way the self proclaimed bishop is using it to abuse women
Too bad for the Man of God.
Don’t abuse words please, his a goat in a sheep skin. Clearly not a man of God
Man of who? Please dont tarnish the name of our God by associating him with such demons. These are the people leading their flocks to hell.
you ass what man of God is he?
Surely, man of who ??? Did you just make a mistake, or you meant it ???
Imprezza if you have no faith stop refering to the name of THE MOST HIGH AND FEARFUL JEHOVAH MY GOD!
Its a Zimbabwean African Church…… I just wonder why they call it a Church its a religious movement by black Zimbabweans to say the least
some zambian lawyers, @ where is the money? your parents did not tell you what it takes to be sisterhood? awe sure.
Boss the case here is defilement……with zambia’s current law mixed in politics its possible an aquital will take place
Zed lawyers are only interested in money.Its high time we cleansed the legal system from UNZA, ZIALE upto the courts.They are all rotten to the core.
I agree….the lawyer is equally sick…..
It’s Kelvin Bwalya this Lawyer makes me sick to my stomach.He has been implicated in so many murder cases and theft.He loves money too much.
Awe I will follow this case to the end. If acquital will be the outcome, nizalila. Unfortunately or nikalile, chi liar-lawyer ninshi chadya kwacha, shame !!!
The Churches of now days, this is not the only Church at fault, there are many more, if measures were taken, which is required to be done.
NAMWIANGA MISSION ORPHANAGES needs checks and balances on works, there are abused they don’t want to lose their jobs, by not mentioning this to authority. The latest case is now the workers are asked to go hospital do there HIV/AIDS tests and take the results to their BOSSES.
You foolish mothers, how could you send a child to such a demon? You mean you don’t know the character of that “farm”??? That’s a proper cult. Thank GOD the girl came out.
why did Andeleki NOT close close cult gathering before he stepped down, is it because he is a moslem and moslems men have sex with little girl children who are as young as 9 young years and marries the same little girls and waits until she reaches her puberty then takes her into a home. in the mean time between 9 and her puberty time, a man plays with the little girl’s sexual organ. THIS IS TRUE AND AM LYING OR JOKING IN ANY WAY. LET GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATE.
Phew! Munyenga bana. It is a sect full of demonic things. How can one sleep with a minor plus all those women. I am sure that is all he does. How do people get to believe in such things to an extent of sending children there.
I have seen that man. He visibly likes s*x. What church? Church is for Christ and Christians not such weird things.
It seems this church is just about satisfying Matongo’s sexual appetite. How can a church doctrine be based on SEX
remember his father sir isaac matongo had 30 wives and more than 80 children,its a cult and joshua the son has continued to preside over the cult all the church members women/girls are sexed
Please the father does not deserve to be called sir anything, more like pervert iasaac matongo.
cage this fool!
I had a cousin who was a prophet under the same cult!he had more than one wife and a lot of thatched huts around his house which was a clinic for patients that came for healing.His prophesies were so real
even the devil can prophesy…. Just that you know that…..
Mathew 7 Vs 22. Not all who prophesy are Christians. Kindly also read 1 Corinthians 13:2 “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”
government close this so called church
All in the name of religion ? What a shame.
Covering themselves with religion….. a wolf in a sheep skin is not a sheep but can be mistaken for a sheep
The law profession could be unprofessional at times man; how does the Lawyer ask if the the Girl’s parent had explained to her what goes on at the farm? Does that mean she consented? For crying out loud the Girls were below 16!!
Am afraid the lawyer is sick …… that he even has the audacity of asking such a question makes he MENTALLY SICK in my opinion
LT what was wrong about my earlier comment on the rottenness of our legal system from UNZA, ZIALE to the courts?
This is the famous Muzimu Church of Zimbabwe. I once read of some baba Matongo who defiled an under age girl at the same farm sometime ago. The arresting authorities tried prosecute him, but he hired some hefty bouncer from Zim for protection which scared away them away and the case died a natural death. The son is repeating same feat and who knows what will happen to the defiler. HH and Nevers should consulting these pipo. These two have really suffered while peverts are busy defiling dogs, chickens, pigs and small girls ………this world!
that is sad. that is how these so called baba something do things. such pipo are like dogs having sex with every lady u see this a sickness and infact these are demons. masaya bwilani mukwapula nafuti. it is too much, children are not even safe anymore. lock him up and throw away the keys. these kind of pipo disgast me.zimbabweans no morals i feel pity for them.
Matongo is known by those acts, I wonder if any blogger hasn’t heard of matongo’s acts since. 1980s
No sane lawyer should be representing such a pevert. Ba KB bu chushi mwa?
this man is sick..why allow such churches..Andeleki come back and close it!!Matongo is sick..musilu ..
A lot of pedophiles hide behind the ‘dog collar’ and go about sexually abusing the young vulnerable girls and boys, thinking they will get away because they are ‘a man of God’, This bishop should be dethroned and then castrated and finally sent to prison for a long stretch. That should wipe out that stupid grin on his face. Knowing the Zambian courts he will getaway with in than his spree will continue. So sad for the poor girl and her mum needs sense knocked into her head!!
A test case for Zambian laws and immoral Zambian lawyers whose conscious is sirred. Its for this reason Zambian judiciary is highly questionable in international circles. Even Mr Sata decided to use Zambians tax money on a foreign judge, all because lawyers within the country can not even question their competency with Sata to that of Chipoka of Malawi judge. What a shame. We await women’s reaction in the nation over this case.
Remove him from that crazy sex-church!
Foolish pastor
This is a cult and not a church and Matongo is not a bishop but a cult leader. Secondly Matongo is a mental patient showing signs of mild schizophrenia and paranois personality disorder. He is a very big danger to society who must be removed and caged in Chainama East prison where he belongs. Those women in Chisamba must be resqued by police if we have any worth their balls instead of troubling Nervers and HH. Where are the lobby groups? Please please let us help our sisters and our daughters.
Is the legendary Matongo guy who married 50 wives?
Let the law take its course. The man should be caged and investigations into what happens at the farm must start. Elyo imwe ba lawyer, nangu lupiyab mulefwaya! The girl is below 16, for God’s sake. Why do you want to mix issues here?
Bwalya honestly how can you represent such a monister? imagine that girl was your daughter. Shame bamudala wandi, find money elsewhere not on that case filekeni twapapata! uphold our Zambian morals
He does not care about Children,there was a time they showed him on ZNBC TV evicting his children and mistress from the house he had bought for them.He has no morals ,for him it’s all about money.
Ba KFB, Kelvin Fube Bwalya, this case is demaning to you! Please leave it and let government appoint a legal representative for Matongo so that he goes in for 25 years with hard labour. This the fair sentence for the untold misery he has inflicted on these girl children.
he must be caged ,if not depot him in zambia we dnt have such animals ,shame to all those who worship with him.
Chikateni and banish the sect, these are the fools spreading the STIs plus AIDS. Look at how many women are on that farm
I don’t think this news was edited before posting. How can you use a pronoun ‘she’ to refer to a man? Anyway this guy must go to prison
Cacitikanalelo says:Is this the legendary Matongo guy who married 50 wives?
No that is the father and it appears he died. This one is the heir to the father’s throne. By default he must have taken over the 50 wives of the late father. Now he is adding young girls on top. Where do these bishops get such an appetite for women. The number is 3 times more than the number of players in the chipolopolo team. If such massive energy is concentrated on an innocent girl, it is not even defiling, it is total destruction. According to her testimony ““Your honour, after what happened I started limping but he brought some medicine that I should take but I did not drink because I was not happy and safe staying there,”
THE MAN IS INNOCENT PERIOD!!!!! WHERE YOU THERE WHERE HE WAS ENJOYING HIMSELF?
How about you, were you there? You can’t even tell the difference between “where” and “were”.
Has the girl told you that she was enjoying herself? You messenger of Satan!
I concur with Gundixy, raving like a mental patient can lead to normal people concluding that Bembaman is possessed by demons! REPENT!
Bembaman wakwisa? waba itole
I can’t understand why the government has never taken interest in investigating these Satanists.
I remember growing up as a teenager at Roma Girls Secondary School where my parents worked. There was a very old, frail and toothless man who used to work for a household in Roma Township as a gardener or security guard.
The man noticed a girl nearly my age at the time. He made attempts to befriend her, and approached her parents to ask them for her hand in marriage. At first the parents thoughts it was a sick joke. However, they got very upset when they learnt the man was not joking.
They ordered the old fo.ol to leave or else they would teach him the lessons he never learnt in his life.
These evil men like to claim they had a vision from God that they should marry a girl.
They always get visions about young girls, never their age mates or widows.
They then go and tell their “Pastor” that God gave them a vision for a girl to be married to them, and their so called pastor allows them to make the approach.
They must be de-registered as a church in Zambia. The girl’s testimony must not be doubted.
They actual give fake testimonies and dreams for instance; they claim to have had a dream about someone making love to them, then the so called pastor would ask if the person is within their congregation. Then you point at the person and then they would start ululating that god is great. Then they will usher you in a certain room with the one you dreamed about to fulfill your dream. This cult is in Zimbabwe and is very popular due to illicit activities. This is why you hear a lot of sex stories from Zimbabwe on one of the online websites. It is true that these things happen. True, this cult should be de-registered.
GUNDIXY says: They always get visions about young girls, never their age mates or widows.
No No no. Visions are not for these Zimbabwe Mizumi Church. For them it is direct. See the testimony of the abused girl. “The girl said the first time he touched her on her breast ……….he told her that she should not be crossing her legs when sitting, adding that such behaviour was tantamount to closing up for him…………..He told me that he wanted her to search for his shoe but to my surprise he grabbed me from the back and pulled me on his bed…… a group of women were around and could hear her scream but no one could come to her rescue”. The visions and dreams is a tactic of some fake bishops and apostles in the third wave pentecostal movement. For mizumi church it strictly direct.
An apple does not fall far from the tree ,this guy’s father was also in trouble for having married a 14 year old girl.They say history repeats it self.Cage the fool.
THE KEY HERE IS THE MOTHER WHO IS A BELIEVER WHO KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A MEMBER WHO TOOK HER OWN KID AT THE WILL OF HER LATE HUSBAND.
Let’s wait for the mother’s testimony. If for sure the mother knew about the sex issues, she would not have allowed the girl to go ahead with the defilement case. Perhaps it is the late husband who knew what was happening at the farm. So all those women did not satisfy this *****? Kolwe opanda mucila.
Castrate the fool before he continues with his cult. Let him be sent to prison at least for 50years and at most for 90 years. He is not a mental patient, but a witch, satanist, *****, nincompoop, Chimpanzee, Con co mono-zygotic imbecile.
Ati “Having sex with all the women at his farm, a situation which he said made the women to have soft skin”, “The girl told the court that bishop Matongo told her that since she moved to his farm women at the farm did not respect her because she did not have sex with him.” “she should not be crossing her legs when sitting, adding that such behaviour was tantamount to closing up for him”. This sexist is very stupid. Cage the dog!!!
Shame on one hand and on the other side it´s the mother´s fault with the so called later father, the girl does´t deserve it. Actually the mother must go to jail or pay a heavy penalty since the father is not in the world of those who alive.
This is a very serious crime, cage that animal and throw away the key.
Such foolishness!