Ex-Health Deputy Minister Muguti divorced over inf...

Ex-Health Deputy Minister Muguti divorced over infidelity

Zim Now Writer

Former Health deputy minister Edwin Muguti’s marriage to Tapiwa Mercy Mukandi has been dissolved by the High Court after the latter filed for divorce in 2019, accusing him of infidelity.

Mukandi claims that Muguti was involved in an extra marital affair.

The marriage, the High Court heard, had irretrievably broken down to an extent that the couple was no longer enjoying conjugal rights.

Justice Amy Tsanga granted the relief sought by Mukandi, who was also awarded custody of the couple’s minor child.

“Whereupon after reading documents filed of record, examining the plaintiff and hearing counsel, who applies for a decree of divorce and other relief on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown under the provisions of Section 5 of the Matrimonial Causes Act (Chapter 5:13), it is ordered that: a decree of divorce be and is hereby granted. Maintenance for a minor child (name supplied) shall be regulated by the order of the Maintenance Court granted on the 16" of July 2019 under Case Number M2673/19.

“Custody of a minor child shall be with the plaintiff and the defendant being afforded reasonable access rights to the child during alternate weekends, public holidays and two weeks during school holidays at his own expense,” ruled the judge.

Mukandi, in her divorce papers, said the couple’s marriage had irretrievably broken down and there were no chances of reconciliation, while Muguti was opposed to the divorce.