The matter appeared before Mutare magistrate, Mr Xavier
Chipato.
Shamiso Merekai said she was not comfortable with her
husband, Patrick Mushunje’s invasion of her privacy by taking her phone and
snooping on her messages.
She said this has become the source of their unending
conflicts as Mushunje usually bumps on messages where she will be dissing him
with her friends and relatives.
Merekai said after coming across the offensive messages,
Mushunje throws her out of the house, even at night.
“He is in the habit of grabbing my phone and going through
my conversations with my friends and relatives. He will insult or assault me
after going through the conversations in my phone.
“Sometimes, he kicks me out of the house together with my
toddler at night. He also calls my relatives names. We should solve our
differences amicably and should not drag my relatives into our differences,”
she said.
Merekai also complained that Mushunje is a violent drunkard
who assaults her whenever he has one too many.
“Whenever we have a misunderstanding over the phone issue,
he goes to the bar and come back stone drunk. He ruthlessly assaults me as if I
am not his wife. I beg that the court protects me from this monster,” she said.
Mushunje confirmed that at times he invades his wife’s
privacy.
“At one time she was away for a while and when she came
back home, her phone was damaged. I had it fixed and took it to my workplace so
that I could connect it to Wi-Fi for me to update the applications.
“The moment the messages in her phone started downloading,
she grabbed the phone from me and deleted all the chats. That made me
suspicious of her actions and from there, I have tried by all means to check
her phone, but she never allows me access to it,” he said.
Mushunje also said as a married couple, there should be no
secrets between them.
“She is the mother of my child and I love her. Her denying
me access to her phone irritates me,” he said.
Asked on why she grabbed the phone and deleted the chats,
Merekai said she did not want her husband to read them.
“I have some chats that I do not want him to see. Since I
have no access to his phone, the same should also apply to him,” she said.
Mr Chipato ordered Mushunje not to harass, threaten,
assault, insult and breach Merekai’s peace.
The order will be valid for five years.
Merekai also applied at the same court for $20 000 as
maintenance for their child.
The $20 000 maintenance order was granted by consent. Manica
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