By A Correspondent- A Harare woman is at odds with her husband, who allegedly took their children for DNA tests secretly.

Pergy Chikore opened up at the Harare Civil Court where she applied for a protection order against her husband Tirinarwo Manyanga citing physical and verbal abuse.

Chikore and Manyanga have been fighting after the husband took the children for DNA tests without his wife’s consent. “We started fighting after Manyanga took my children for DNA testing after he accused me of cheating on him,” said Chikore.

She said her husband was also in the habit of insulting her in front of their children using obscenities. “He shouts at me in front of my children, telling them I am a prostitute and that he is not their father.

“He even insults my firstborn every day. “Manyanga abuses me every day, taking advantage that he bribes the police, and he cannot be sued for that. “I reported him several times, and nothing happened to him as he gives the police money.

“Sometimes he even goes to report first because he will be using a car, and by the time I get to the police station it will be too late,” said Chikore.

Chikore said she is now having some serious health problems as she is abused every day. In response, Manyanga denied the allegations.

“I love my children, and I never went for DNA tests,” said Manyanga. Magistrate Tildah Mazhandi granted the protection order in Chikore’s favor, urging the two to maintain peace with each other.

-StateMedia