The ManicaPost
Liberty Dube
Weekender Correspondent
A SELF-CONFESSED witch in Chimanimani was last Friday caught red handed at a fellow villager’s homestead hardly a fortnight after she was trapped while trying to snatch a newly-born baby.
Enesis Kaisa allegedly ‘crashed’ at her unidentified target’s homestead before she could get into the hut where the intended victim was sleeping in.
Unlike in the recent incident in which she was caught stark naked, this time she had her clothes on.
Chief Saurombe confirmed the incident which happened in Chiutani Village.
He said Kaisa now faces banishment from the village if she is found guilty when the case is brought before his court this weekend.
“This is unacceptable. Just as we were finalising the first case in which she was caught trying to kill someone’s baby, she is at it again. She will appear before my court this weekend and Chief Muusha is also expected to be present. We will co-preside over the matter.
“She ran out of luck because most villagers here are now protecting their homesteads through miteyo (witch traps). I think she was not aware of this development. If she is found guilty, we will banish her from this village but she will have to pay for her sins first. We do not condone such behaviour,” said Chief Saurombe.
The court heard that Kaisa was found lying at her target’s homestead in the wee hours of the morning. She however confessed ignorance on how she had arrived there.
Concerned villagers took the matter to Chief Saurombe’s court.
In the recent case in which she was caught at Esnath Muyambo’s homestead while trying to snatch a newly-born baby, Kaisa was ordered to pay a fine of two beasts after she was found guilty.
Kaisa confessed that she had been on a mission to kill the baby, further revealing that she had been sent by another villager.
“Muyambo’s grandchild was the target in that case, but she is safe,” said Chief Saurombe.
