Chicken Inn Football Club striker Obidiah Tarumbwa was sentenced to 12 months in prison when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Ms Rachel Mukanga for defaulting on more than $6 000 towards his two children’s maintenance.
Tarumbwa had a $6 752 debt after he failed to pay for the upkeep of two children he sired with his ex-wife Patience. In 2016, he was ordered to pay $316 monthly maintenance but has only paid $200. He was sentenced to 12 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to failure to pay maintenance. She suspended three months on condition he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years. The remaining nine months were suspended on condition that he pays his ex-wife $6 752 before next Wednesday.
He had told the court he could not afford to pay $316 as he was not on any contract with Chicken Inn. He said he had another child with another woman. Tarumbwa has been in and out of court for failure to pay maintenance and was in 2016 sentenced to five months imprisonment, which was wholly suspended on condition he clears his arrears.
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