Kombo lied over pregnancy, claims hubby's mum

Kombo lied over pregnancy, claims hubby's mum

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By Torby Chimhashu

SINGER Ivy Kombo told the mother of her extranged husband that she couldn't conceive as she desperately tried to hide her blossoming relationship with pastor Admire Kasingakore, it has been revealed.

Febby Chawunoita, Edmore Moyo's mother, said her son told her just before leaving for the UK in 2002 that the Sammy Joe star was four-months pregnant.

Moyo, who had been posted to the UK to "spread the wings" of Kasi's church, also told his mum that he looked forward to Kombo joining her in the UK.

But days after his departure, Kombo told Chawunoita that she had fibroids and wanted to terminate the pregnancy.

"That was the last time I heard about the pregnancy," Chawunoita told the Sunday Mail. "In fact, the next time I was to read in the papers that Ivy was pregnant by Vuyo (Mokoena).

"There she was, my daughter-in-law, who could not conceive now being rumoured to be pregnant by someone else."

In fact, Kombo was pregnant with Sammy Joe, her daughter who was the subject of a smash chart hit by the same name.

Sammy Joe's paternity remains a mystery.

Chawunoita said her son had been smitten with Kombo, leading to the wedding in December 2001.

Little did she know trouble was brewing in the background as Kasi, who adopted Kombo, was already enjoying secret tryists with the songbird.

Now, Moyo's family say they missed several clues which pointed to the illicit liaison between the two.

"When I think of how Ivy has dragged my family’s name through the mud, I wipe away tears," Chawunoita said in the interview with the Mail from her home in Mbizo, Kwekwe.

She added: "Because we had accepted Kasi as a father figure to Ivy, we never saw anything amiss about their relationship and movements. But now that he has come out in the open, in retrospect I look at the odd times that Ivy would be picked up by Kasi, at times as late as 11pm, being returned around five in the morning. The usual excuse was crusades, not knowing if they were crusades for sure."

Kombo, who later followed Moyo to the UK but was rebuffed, is now back in Zimbabwe. Two weeks ago, Kasi paid bride price for her, laying the ground for a possible public wedding ceremony later in the year.

But Moyo's family insists the divorce has not gone through, despite Kombo having initiated it in November 2002.

"We are surprised that it is the same Ivy who is now playing hide-and-seek, who does not want to come forward and sign the divorce papers. After abusing our brother, we thought she should have the grace to come forward and sign the papers. But we have been waiting for almost five years now that she comes forward," said Edmore's brother, Johannes.

And Johannes added: "What we find repulsive is the ease with which Ivy could hop from Eddie’s bed into Kasi’s bed, without any tinge of guilt. And these are the people who want the world to feel sorry for them. We are not saying much, except that judgment day awaits them."

Moyo and Kombo have yet to publicly comment about the bitter divorce amid a swell of media interest.

Moyo, a design engineer, in Cambridge, is due to finish his MBA in September.
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