Tendayi Muskwe,
32, said reading the Bible while serving her jail term has helped her to
understand that, even in the worst case scenario, nothing should ever lead to a
person ending the life of another person. Tendayi says she misses her two
children.
She has spent
the last four years in jail and is serving a 30-year jail term.
“Mukoma
zvemujeri ndaabhoo,” said Tendayi.
“Everyday is like hell, away from my children and family is physically and emotionally painful. I regret my emotions. I used to fail to understand some of the Bible verses but now I have been enlightened.
“You feel like
you have spent a thousand years in prison while you would have spent just one
day.”
She added: “Education
is important otherwise I could not have acted the way that ended with me
separating from my kids.
“Family Week
helped me to reunite with my children but the opening of schools opens a wound
in me.
“Thanks to our
rehabilitation officers, they are helping us and we are now seeing the light.”
Tendayi talked
to H-Metro on the sidelines of a Continental Online Chess Championship
Tournament at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.
She was part of
the female team which won the competition. Herald
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