A SAKUBVA woman sustained serious facial and chest burns
last Thursday after a vicious hot cooking oil attack by her husband she claimed
she was deserting after he had been ‘locked’ by his girlfriend.
While in most cases women scald their male partners with
cooking oil or water, Michelle Masango’s case was a rare case of domestic
violence where the husband, Moses Marote is the perpetrator.
The couple resides at Number 77B, Chisamba Singles, Sakubva.
Marote, who fled soon after committing the crime and is still at large, is
still sending text messages to Masango blaming her for his callous act.
In an interview at Mutare Provincial Hospital where she is
recovering after being initially admitted in the hospital’s intensive care
unit, Masango narrated her ordeal at the hands of her husband.
“The whole thing started when my husband had an affair with
his girlfriend. When I discovered it, we argued about it. Things worsened when
he could no longer do anything in bed. He left me and moved out. That was in
November last year.
“He only came back in March this year. I refused to accept
him back, but he came with his relatives including his mother who cried as she
begged me to change my decision. “I then asked whether the problem that led to
our separation had been solved. He lied to me that it had been solved.
“I accepted him back. However, from March to April he could
not do anything in bed. I complained to my sisters that nothing had changed. He
still has the problem that led to our separation.
“Things got so confusing when he said he had sought help
from spiritualists and he was told that my aunt had caused that problem.
“I asked for some time to be alone. I told him I wanted to
be away from him for while. He refused. He said he could not bear the thought
of seeing me with another man, let alone seeing her married to another man,”
she said.
Masango said her husband suggested giving her his young
brother as husband as a way of keeping her in their family.
“He told me that I could have his young brother in bed and
remain as part of their family. I refused to be part of that arrangement. Apart
from the fact that I did not love his young brother, I also did no“Last
Wednesday my mother visited us and attempted to counsel us. We agreed that we
would wait for his mother the next day. I watched TV until around 10pm when I
retired to bed. I woke up the next morning at around 5am. I sent a text message
to his mother informing her that we are waiting for her.
“Just when I finished sending that message, he hurled a pot
full of hot cooking oil at my face and chest.
“I was in pain and cried out for help. I could not see.
That is how I came here (Mutare Provincial Hospital). I am happy with the help
that I am getting here. The nurses have been so awesome and this is why I am no
longer in the intensive care unit,” she said.
Marote is, however, is still sending text messages to
Masango blaming her for his callous act. He alleges that he was told it was
Masango who ‘locked’ him, but somehow could not tell her.
“Handizvo zvandaida Mimmiie (Michelle Masango). Asi
pandaifamba pose ndaingonzwa nezvako ndaikuti ngatifambe asi wairamba . . .
ndaisakuudza ndoo zvandiri kunzwa nekuti ndaikuda. . . .ndaidawo kuti umba yedu
imire. . . .kuramba kwawaiita ndakasvika pakugumirwa (This is not what I wanted
Michelle. I was told you are the one who caused this problem affecting wherever
I consulted. I could not tell you because I loved you. I wanted our marriage to
work. Each time you refused to accompany me to seek help I was left in pain and
eventually became clueless),” reads one of the text messages that Marote sent
to Masango after the horrific incident.t know how his young brother separated
with his wife. manica post
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