August 2006

Help Us Get Our Houses From Our Granddad - Wamulume
By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe in Mongu
A-19-year old boy of Lusaka's Chelstone has threatened to drag his grandfather to court if he does not hand over the title deeds of his late mother's two houses in Mongu.
Wamulume Kunyanda also wants his grandfather Eugene Nawa Nyambe, the father to his late mother Maureen, to compensate him and his sister for rentals that their grandfather has been depriving them since their mother died in 1998.
Wamulume said since their mother died, their grandfather has failed to look after them and has been refusing to even pay for their school fees despite getting money for rentals from her late mother's two houses in Mongu.
He told The LRF News in Mongu recently that from the time his mother died, Wamulume and his sibling have been looked after by their another grandfather, who is the cousin to Nyambe the one who has been keeping the title deeds.
“I wanted to have my grandfather arrested but people have advised me against that. Since I am now grown up, I want the title deeds of mother's houses to be in our names so that the money realised should be helping us in paying our school fees. My grandfather that has been looking after us is now retired and I need to go to college or university. And where can I find the money if I am even denied what belongs to me?” he said.
Wamulume said both the houses are in Mongu with the biggest house fetching K600,000 per month while the smaller one is at K180,000.
He said Nyambe refuses to give them any money and even when he comes to Lusaka, he has never bothered to check on them.
“I want LRF to help us have the title deeds of the two houses be in our names. I want my grandfather to compensate us for the money that he has deprived us all these years and if he refuses to adhere to that, I want him to be arrested” Wamulume said.
He complained that even if his mother bought Nyambe a house in Limulunga before she died, his grandfather was not appreciating but he was instead depriving them what legally belongs to them. Nyambe was summoned to LRF office where he agreed that he has been using the money to educate his children. Nyambe said that he was ready to hand over the title deeds to his grandson and agreed to the paralegal’s suggestion that they go to court to appoint Wamulume as an administrator. LRF has since helped Wamulume to receive part of the rentals and also to place a caveat on the houses.