The Lusaka Boma court one was astounded when a woman narrated that she had an affair with her husband’s boss with whom she made love in the bush.
This was heard in a case in which Boniface Muzoka of Linda Township sued Bernard Chanda of the same residential area for compensation for committing adultery with his wife, Sofia Gondo.
Gondo told the court that she and Chanda started the illicit relationship in September 2009.
She said all was well until her husband Muzoka discovered that she and Chanda had an affair.
“Before my husband discovered I had a secret lover, all things were fine. Chanda used to take me out to have sex with him in the bush in Chilanga and sometimes near Blue Waters,” Gondo said.
Gondo told principle presiding magistrate Alfred Shilimbwa sitting with senior presiding magistrate Beatrice Nasilele, that in the same month of September her husband had asked her if she had an affair with Chanda but she denied there being such a relationship.
He said that in March this year Muzoka raised his suspicions again and threatened to seek a printout of her cell phone numbers to verify her communication with Chanda.
“I got scared when my husband told me that he would visit Zain Zambia with my sim to find out exactly what was happening between Chanda and I, so I told him that Chanda was my lover,” she said.
Gondo told the court that she then decided to terminate her affair with Chanda for the sake of her husband.
In his statement, Muzoka had demanded compensation from Chanda for committing adultery with Gondo.
He told the court that Chanda is his boss at work and he got the shock of his life when Chanda called Gondo early one morning in September.
Muzoka said Gondo failed to answer the phone in his presence so he answered it.
“I answered the phone but Chanda immediately cut the line. His cutting the phone left a lot of questions in my mind and I played on my wife’s mind and she revealed all things that I wanted to hear,” he said.
Muzoka said his wife told him where and when the two used to meet in his absence.
Chanda who had earlier denied having an affair with Gondo told the court that he started the affair with her after she failed to pay her debt.
“We sell eggs at the company where Gondo’s husband and I work, but she would come to ask for eggs on credit. I would give her and pay for them myself. When I first asked for sex with her she did not find any reason to refuse,” Chanda said.
Chanda told the court that the two have been meeting sexually until Muzoka discovered the affair. He said he has since terminated the relationship.
The court found Chanda guilty and ordered that he pays Muzoka K3 million in monthly installments of K150,000.
[ Sunday Mail ]