Moreblessing Muteswa, a mother of one, told H-Metro that
she boiled some cooking oil and scalded her husband for physically abusing her.
Muteswa, who is serving an attempted murder sentence at
Marondera Female Open Prison, opened up yesterday during a media tour.
Regretting her actions, Muteswa urged married women to
consider divorce than committing crimes of passion.
“Prison life is not good at all even where we are allowed
to take home leave and return to cells,” said Muteswa.
“One day in a prison cell is equal to a thousand years and
such a life is not good at all.
“My husband used to beat me up nearly every day for no
apparent reason. One day I woke up with a spirit of revenging and that led me
into boiling cooking that I poured on him targeting his private parts.
“Ndakamudira mafuta anopisa akavarairwa akatsva asi
kurwadziwa kwandaitwa nejeri kwandiparadzawo.
“I regret it; I do not see it as a solution to my abuse
since it was like from the frying pan into the fire.
“Kana pane madzimai arikufunga kutsiva murume wake
anomushungurudza nenzira yakadaro ngaasvipire pasi pfungwa iyoyo.
“It is better to quit that marriage, report to police or
seek advice from church pastors and elders,” said Muteswa.
She told H-Metro that she is going to take her time before
getting married upon her release.
Muteswa, one of the first inmates to benefit at Marondera
Female Open Prison, thanked its patron Amai Auxilia Mnangagwa for considering
women’s woes.
“I deserved to be incarcerated because what I did was
extreme evil,” said Muteswa.
“I accepted my conviction and sentence and complied with
prison officers.
“I want to believe that opened a way for me to be counted
among 22 inmates selected for open prison,” she said. H Metro
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