The incident took place yesterday when Steven Shiri, 32,
emotionally attached the child’s death to the midwife Ndakaziva Mawire, 48’s
alleged threats that she would cause the baby’s death if she was not paid for
her services.
When H-Metro arrived at the scene, Shiri had taken his
child back to his home which is a few houses away from Mawire’s house.
The corpse was still in his house with plans to bury the
deceased at a nearby cemetery in Epworth.
According to witnesses, Mawire managed to escape the drama
and sought help at Epworth Police Station.
“I sired the child who just died with my second wife and
she had a twin brother. They were delivered by Mawire seven months ago,” Shiri
narrated.
“Prior to the incident, I had refused to give my second
wife money to register at the local clinic because we were having problems. So
when my wife was now due Mawire offered to help and charged me US$15.
“She wanted to be paid before she did the job and we had a
misunderstanding that lasted until the day of delivery,” said Shiri.
He accused Mawire of lacking skill to deliver the second
child since they were twins.
“After delivering the first child, Mawire failed to notice
the second child leaving her untrained aide to pull the second child by her
hands before pushing her back in again.
“I immediately noticed that something went wrong during the
delivery and it was evident on the child’s arms which could not bend,” he
claimed.
Shiri claimed when she suggested for the child to see a
specialist soon after delivery, Mawire refused demanding to be paid more money
and threatening that something will befall the minor.
“A few days after the birth, I asked Mawire to accompany my
wife to hospital when my daughter’s arms became swollen. She refused to go to
the hospital as a witness and the doctors also said the child required an
operation but only when she had grown up.
“Mawire demanded more money for the extra child she did not
expect to deliver, I told her I had paid her enough.
“She then told me kuti ndichazviona zvichaitika kumwana
since ndange ndaramba kumubhadhara imwe mari yaaida,” he added.
The child had been sick since the delivery and my wife went
to consult a few prophets who all revealed that Mawire had a hand and if I only
pay her the child will be well.
On Saturday evening I paid her US$5 but to my surprise, the
child died the following morning and I suspect she had everything to do with
the death.
“I cried so much for the loss and because I was hurt and I
took the dead child to Mawire’s house and confronted her on her evilness after
telling me that “Ndichazviona”,” he said.
In her defence, Mawire claimed she was shocked by the
development and denied ever causing the death.
“We had agreed that the family was going to pay US$20 for
my services but they did not pay me anything and I only had to let them be.
“However, I was surprised to see him bringing his dead
child threatening to abandon the corpse on my doorstep.
“I tried to escape but was manhandled and assaulted by
Shiri,” Mawire claimed.
She claimed she managed to escape and reported the matter at
Epworth Police.
“The police told me that Shiri was supposed to compensate
me for his behavior and accusing me of being a witch,” she said.
Mawire claims she has been a midwife for the past 18 years
and licensed by the Traditional Medical Practitioners Council. H Metro
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