A LUSAKA divorcee has shared how he married a woman with two children against his family’s advice, who later betrayed him.
According to 32 year old Kennedy Mumba, when the two married, they added a child of their own and together they blended three children in the house.
However, despite accepting her kids and past, Mumba shared that she would cheat with different men and go on an unexplained trips.
“I loved her so much that I overlooked the red flags. Even before marriage, I noticed things such as phone calls from different men and unexplained trips, but I thought things would get better once we were married,” recalled Mumba.
He shared that weeks before their wedding, his fiancée traveled to Eastern Province with another man, a truck diver who later claimed to know Mumba’s child as his own.
“Her phone was off for days and when I tried to contact her mother, i discovered she had no idea where her daughter was. That’s when I knew something was seriously wrong and I felt betrayed, worried, and completely alone,” he said.
Arguments became frequent, trust disintegrated and his wife’s violent tendencies surfaced that during one heated confrontation, she broke household items and even attempted to stab him.
“It was chaotic and terrifying, I was trying to hold the family together but it felt like everything was falling apart around me. A few months after our wedding when we had another argument, my wife revealed that the child I thought was mine was not biologically mine. Those words crashed me, I felt humiliated and betrayed. My world collapsed in that moment,” he said.
The couple eventually separated, leaving Mumba spending months in deep depression, struggling with feelings of failure, heartbreak and isolation.
Despite friends and family trying to reach him, he felt no one could truly understand his pain.
It was during this dark period that Mumba began to see a purpose in his pain. Drawing on his experience in community counseling and NGO work, he started offering free online support to people struggling with emotional and mental health issues.
This small initiative grew into Hopebridge Counseling and Consulting Hub, now reaching individuals and families in Zambia, South Africa, Nigeria, United Kingdom and USA.
Mumba teamed up with fellow counselor Dr Jacob Kasuba, expanding the platform’s reach and services
By Sharon Zulu
Kalemba November 11, 2025
