Pastor Kasi finally surrenders to the truth

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By Torby Chimhashu

PASTOR Admire Kasi, the enterprising gospel music producer, businessman and man of the cloth, has finally surrendered to the truth.

After years of denying having an affair with gospel diva Ivy Kombo whom he intends to wed in February, Kasi has finally seen it fit to announce he is marrying Kombo.

It is his own right to marry the woman of his choice but Kasi, by admitting at last that he is marrying his "long time" sweetheart, has tarnished his name forever.

Here is a man who lived with Ivy Kombo and twin sister Anne in his house and gave many interviews boasting about how God had given him the heart to look after the Kombos.

He claimed he was supporting Ivy's mother in Glen View and also employed her brother McDonald.

Kasi told the currently banished Daily News in one of the interviews that Ivy and Anne had blossomed into good musicians because of his role in nurturing them.

At the time, in 2001, Kasi, in his former offices at Coal House, said he discovered the Kombo twins during one of his many crusades in the Zaoga Church.

The enigmatic Kasi had not been defrocked then. He was stripped off pastoral duties following revelations that he was dating Ivy.

Of course Kasi denied having dated the sultry gospel singer, yet in reality, he was skillfully grooming her to be his wife.

In 2002, when The Daily News and The Standard confronted him to shed light on the resurfacing rumours of his affair with Kombo, Kasi simply said he was the singer's "father" -- and any accusations were tantamount to committing incest.

When South African gospel musician Vuyo Mokoena was rumoured to be bedding Ivy, Kasi went ballistic. We now know why!

Sarah, a woman who many friends say is as soft as a dove, lived with painfully knowing that Kasi and Ivy were bedmates.

When relations became frosty between Sarah and Ivy, friends say, Kasi sent his wife to the UK.

In the absence of Sarah and of course Edmore Moyo, who had been sent to "plant" a church in 2001 in the UK by Kasi, Ivy got pregnant.

When The Standard raised the pregnancy issue with Ivy, she threatened to sue the paper.

The Standard had asked Kombo how she got pregnant since her husband had not returned to Zimbabwe after the trip to the UK. When she claimed that she had met him in the UK, the diligent Standard still queried the variation in the times.

Now Kombo says the child belongs to Edmore Moyo.

Interestingly papers in the High Court where Moyo is divorcing Ivy, the issue of paternity is included. Kombo has failed to attend the High Court hearing on two occasions.

But history will judge Kasi harshly.

Here is a man who betrayed his wife and trust of his colleagues by having an adulterous relationship with his subordinate and "daughter".

When Edmore Moyo wed Ivy, both were employed by the pastor at ADSA Real Estate agents. Kasi bankrolled the wedding "as an appreciation" of his two "children" who had decided to go into the holy matrimony.

Now, he tells the whole world that after serious consultations, he has decided to marry Ivy.

Then what his friends and relatives have been saying along, is true.

It is said Kasi was happy to finance Ivy and Edmore's wedding as it gave him protective cover from the prying eyes of world.

As a journalist who was fooled by Kasi and repeatedly lied to, I only hope that the "good" pastor knows what he is doing.

Everything he touched after his relationship with Ivy, turned bad. He lost the lucrative contracts at ADSA, his Highlands house was almost auctioned and his vaunted Nguva Yakwana Shows flopped.

The last one in 2004 sadly claimed the life of his relative - Jackie Madondo whose star was beginning to shine brightly.

Pastor Kasi simply lived a lie all these years and will be judged harshly.
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