ZAMBIA’S serial bride and farmer Maria Zaloumis was last night forced to spend a night with her fellow females in custody after police harvested her from her farm and planted her behind bars, following the death of 20 year old, Enoch Kasengele.
The 40 year old marriage enthusiast and lifetime subscriber of weddings, now risks spending nights without a man and joining the free cabbage farming for the nation through the Zambia Correctional Service if convicted.
This is after days of netizens and journalists querying the police on why Zaloumis had not been arrested the very day her 34 year old ‘Mario’ Nigerian husband Nathaniel Barthram and three of her workers were arrested over the same case.
Last Saturday, a video footage emerged showing a man identified as Kasengele being severely beaten by Zaloumis’ fifth husband Barthram and three farm workers in Munyama at the female farmer’s farm with her voice being heard in the background.
Kasengele was then detained by police after the 40 year old overrated female feleb complained that the young man had been hired to pour poisonous chemicals on her at the farm.
While in detention, Kasengele fell ill and was taken to Kabwe Central Hospital where he died on Sunday.
The young man’s death sparked widespread rage with netizens calling for the arrest of those linked to the video, including Zaluomis.
On Wednesday, Central Province deputy commanding officer Lemekani Chirwa announced that Zed farmer’s younger husband was arrested together with three farm workers for murder charges.
Chirwa disclosed that a postmortem was conducted on Kasengele and the results pointed to murder.
He said the results of the postmortem conducted by Dr. Pavlo Lermontov of Kabwe Central Hospital confirmed that Kasengele died from a blunt force head injury, brain contusion and brain edema.
Yesterday, police added the 40 year old female farmer to the list of murder suspects after it finally pumped fuel in one of the CDF vehicles, putting the total number of suspects to five in custody over Enoch’s death.
Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga appealed to the public to remain calm and allow the due process of the law to take its course.
“Further updates will be provided as investigations progress,” said Hamoonga.
“Police have since picked and detained five suspects in connection with the said murder, namely: Mr. Nathaniel Barthram, aged 34, a farmer of Nigerian origin and husband to Maria Zaloumis. Mr. Gift Daka, aged 23, Mr. Fortune Mutangeti, aged 27, Mr. Daniel Chilowa, aged 40, all employees at Farm No. 5, Munyama and Ms. Maria Zaloumis, aged 40, of Farm No. 5, Tuzini Farms, Munyama area, Chisamba District.”
By Catherine Pule
Kalemba, August 24, 2025
