A Man of Lusaka is up in arms and demanding a lobola (bride price) refund from the family of a woman he intended to marry but called off the wedding.
But the family of the woman has sworn that they will not pay him back saying lobola (bride price) refund is against ancient Nsenga culture of Eastern Province and that he had sampled the potential bride one too many times.
Jones Mukanzo aged 45, a resident of Thirteen Miles is now hoping the Lusaka Boma Local Court, Zambia, can intervene in the matter and help him get a refund.
Jones told the court that he fell in love with Selina Zulu and decided he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her upon which he assembled a lobola negotiating committee to meet her people.
At the meeting two months, Mukanzo was charged K21,000 as bride price out of which he paid K10,000 to set grand wedding rehearsals in motion.
However, as the wedding preparations were in full gear with bridal party members perfecting their wedding dance routines and selecting outfits to wear on the big day, Jones had a change of mind and called off everything.
But when Jones demanded for a refund, Selina’s family refused to pay back.
During the court hearing, Selina’s uncle, Eliud Lungu, aged 51, who received the money on behalf of bride’s father said the family cannot return the dowry because it is not in the Nsenga tradition.
Eliud, a resident of Garden House explained that Jones had already test-driven Selina and sampled all the goodies he would enjoy if he had married her so there was no need to pay him back his lobola.
And in solidifying the case, Selina’s 69-year old grandmother, Phalesy Banda of Chelstone testified that indeed, her granddaughter went for sleep over at Jones’s residence.
“I lived with my granddaughter at the time they were preparing for the wedding and he sought from me permission for Selina to come to his place where she would stay for three days,” she testified.
Phalesy said her granddaughter always went to Jones’s place on Fridays, in Thirteen Miles, and would return on Mondays.
But Jones swore that he had never slept with or spent a night with Selina.
After hearing both sides, the Senior Local Court magistrate, Mubukwanu Matakal, adjourned the case to a later date so that Selina, who is a co-defendant in the matter can be present to clarify matters.
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