Kudzai Makusha, a popular pastor with the Mvuma-based Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa, Forward in Faith (ZAOGA), has been sacked af...
Kudzai Makusha, a popular pastor with the Mvuma-based Zimbabwe
Assemblies of God Africa, Forward in Faith (ZAOGA), has been sacked
after he was found sleeping in the bed of a church secretary Theresa
Kundishora last week.
According to Masvingo Mirror, sources said Pastor Kudzai Makusha
who then went for a hearing in Harare did not dispute that he spent a
night in Kundishora’s bed but insists that he was alone. He allegedly
said Kundishora went and slept at another house after he asked for
accommodation when he got stranded in Mvuma late on Tuesday night.
However, the church superiors would not hear any of that and they fired Makusha after the hearing.
Makusha was allegedly found in Kundishora’s bed at 7am when women
elders raided Kundishora’s place after being told that their Pastor had
slept there.
Sources said members of the congregation did not believe that
Pastor Makusha slept alone as there were rumours that he and the
secretary were an item.
The matter infuriarated Mvuma parishioners who complained to the hierachy.
Tandros Makusha who is the overseer for Chivhu and Mvuma referred
questions to Dr Washington Rupapa but Dr Rupapa said he was not aware of
the matter.
Pastor Makusha’s mobile number was not reachable while Kundishora
promised to call back after finishing an assignment she was doing.
The Mirror understands that the incident happened after the Church’s Prayer Convention held in Chivhu on June 11 2017.
After the Convention, Makusha allegedly accompanied his wife to Harare where he left her at her parents’ place.
He is said to have returned to Mvuma on Tuesday evening and sought a
place at Kundishora’s place after failing to get transport to Musena,
his workstation that is 6km outside Mvuma.
In the morning, the owner of the house allegedly alerted women
elders in the church that their pastor was with Kundishora at her place.
Sources said elders, Christina Sithole and Maria Chiheya went to
the house and knocked at the door and Kundishora opened the door and
they saw Makusha sleeping in her bed.
According to some whatsaap chats in the hands of The Mirror,
Makusha is said to have insisted during the hearing that he had not
slept with Kundishora.
He allegedly said that Kundishora only came back in the morning just before the women elders arrived.
He said he had to seek accommodation from Kundishora because she was the only person that he knew in Chivhu.
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