Dendera musician, Sulumani Chimbetu who fronts Orchestra Dendera Kings has applied for the reduction of maintenance of two minor children he sired with ex-wife Marygold Mutemasango from $800 to $200 per month.
Through his lawyer Arshiel Mugiya of Mugiya and Macharaga Law Chambers, Sulu says that the current $800 he is paying is unsustainable as it is more than the salary he earns. Said Sulu:
I am an employee of a company called Orchestra Dendera Kings Pvt Ltd and this entity is the one that owns the musical band and it sustains all the 20 people I work with and my current salary is $750. The reason why I have pointed out my actual earnings is that the respondent seems to labour under an understanding that my income is unlimited and that I am literally swimming in gold. In her mind, when she notices a number of people at the shows, she thinks that whatever is receipted directly finds its way into my pockets without any deductions or expenses involved.
He also said he does not receive money as the brand ambassador for Delta Beverages and Alfa-Omega since the contracts were verbal once off payments. He said that he does not get paid by Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services as well as a school called Simon Chimbetu Primary and Secondary in Chegutu eve though he is an ambassador for the two.
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