If your husband left you for five good years and married another woman, would you still want him? Well, a 43-year-old woman of Lusaka’s Zanimuone West in this exact situation says she would rather settle for polygamy than dissolve her marriage. Regardless, her husband has told the court that he has moved on with a brand new wife. In this case, a 49-year-old Zambia Army soldier and pastor sued his wife for divorce in the Matero Local Court, citing ill treatment by his wife. Lawrence Mwanza-Bwalya, from Arakan Barracks, told the court that his wife Ruth Kaluba used to insult and accuse him of sleeping with church members. When the matter came up before magistrate Lewis Mumba in the Matero...

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