Afraid of the wrath of Kunonga’s followers who are now armed with a court order in their favour, the sisters have been locking themselves in their rooms, leaving children as young as six months without care givers.
“An orphanage in Chikwakwa has been invaded by Kunonga’s followers and there are five nuns who are scared of what will happen if Kunonga takes over the orphanage so they have been locking themselves up,” said Reverend Clifford Dzavo, Secretary of the diocese of Harare.
The Anglican Church fear that Kunonga could replace the sisters with people who are not trained to look after children. There are also concerns that if the orphanage falls into the wrong hands, it would fall into a state of disrepair.
Kunonga who is now legally in charge of the Anglican church properties after a Supreme Court ruling, is accused of allowing schools and crèches to be run into the ground.
Dzavo said that last week an application to the Constitutional Court to reverse the Supreme Court ruling was motivated by the fact that the Supreme Court failed to protect them and their rights to appeal were not considered.
“We are supposed to be protected by the law. Kunonga does not have a right over the church investments. He has approached a number of investments trying to get money and we fear that he could strip them,” said Dzavo.
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