CHIPINGE — In the past, one characteristic that earned men fame and respect was having many wives and children.
Report by Tawanda Marwizi
Today, because of economic hardships and other modern trappings, such people are frowned on.
But for Mushava Muchatiroto from Chipinge in Chinyamukwakwa Village under Chief Garahwa, having a battalion of children numbering 76 sired with 23 wives boosts his ego.
NewsDay Lifestyle visited his homestead recently where there are a number of huts and several children, enough to make a village on its own.
As the plethora of children frolicked around the homestead, their mothers were busy preparing food in large pots as if in anticipation of a rally.
“My children and their mothers need at least 40 kg of maize-meal for them to be satisfied for only a single meal,” Muchatiroto said.
The 56-year-old father said he used to feed his children using produce from the small piece of land he owned before a local company took over the land.
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“I could use that small piece of land to feed my family and to sell some of the products and get money to send them to school,” he added. Asked wether he was able to sexually satisfy all his wives, Muchatiroto said he was still a man and has the capacity to bring glory to his wives.
“Even if you ask them, they are all satisfied with me and I do not take long before I meet them all in bed,” Muchatiroto said. One of his wives, Maria, said she was happy with the way they are living with their husband as a family.
“He is a hardworking man and one thing I like is, he always preaches peace and he treats us fairly both in bed and through the distribution of utilities,” she said.
However, Muchatiroto lamented the day his land was taken by the biofuel company.
“I used to farm on that land and was able take care of my family, but when the company came, they took it and it is becoming difficult for me to feed my family,” he lamented.
He said more than 20 of his children had since dropped out of school because he could not afford their fees.
The super dad said he had in the past year sold more than 35 of his 50 cattle to raise money for his children’s school fees. “40 of them (children) were going to school, but now I can’t afford it because I have sold most of my cattle to sustain my family.” The children were attending school at nearby Chinyamukwakwa primary and secondary schools.
Muchatiroto claimed that some of his property was attached by companies that used to advance him farming inputs and equipment after he failed to service his debts.
He said he has appealed to the Platform for Youth Development and a local youth group to appeal to the biofuel company to restore his land.
