A 40-year-old mother is set to marry her own son.
The woman and her son claim to be in love with
each other. And now they want to take their
relationship to the next level and get married
considering that the mother, Betty Mbereko (from
Mwenezi in Masvingo) is now six months pregnant
and expecting her son’s child and her grand child.
Mbereko, 40, has been a widow for the past 12
years and has been living with her 23-years-old son
Farai Mbereko.
She confirms that she is six month pregnant and
that she has decided it is better to “marry” her son
because she does not want to marry her late
husband’s young brothers, whom she says are
coveting her.
Betty stunned a village court last week when she
said the affair with her son had begun three years
earlier.
She said after spending a lot of money sending
Farai to school following the death of her husband,
she felt she had a right to his money and no other
woman was entitled to it.
“Look, I strove alone to send my son to
school and no one helped me. Now you
see that my son is working and you
accuse me of doing something wrong.
“Let me enjoy the products of my sweat,”
she told the village court council.
Farai said he was more than prepared to
marry his mother and would pay off the
ilobola balance his father had left unpaid
to his grandparents.
“I know my father died before he finished
paying the bride price and I am prepared
to pay it off,” he said. “It is better to
publicise what is happening because
people should know that I am the one
who made my mother pregnant.
Otherwise they will accuse her of
promiscuity.” But local headman Nathan
Muputirwa says: “We cannot allow this to
happen in our village, mashura chaiwo
aya, (This is a bad omen indeed). In the
past they would have to be killed but
today we cannot do it because we are
afraid of the police.”
He warned them to immediately break off their
marriage or leave his village. They chose the latter
and have since left the village for an undisclosed
destination.
Source: Jadeafrican.com
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