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Tanzania bongo flava star singer, Ali Kiba has admitted to stopping supporting his 5-year-old daughter.
The musician, who wed his Kenyan fiancée Amina Khaleef in Mombasa last month, was this week sued for child support by one of his baby mamas, Hadija. Report indicates that Hadija sells second-hand clothes in Dar es Salaam.
In her suit, Hadija accused Kiba of contravening Tanzania Children’s Act 2009, by failing to offer any financial support to his daughter and wants the court to order the artiste to pay a total of Tsh1.3 million for the child’s upkeep every month, among other demands.
However, reacting to the child maintenance case, the 'Mapenzi ya run Dunia' hit maker welcomed the suit, saying it will give him an opportunity to settle the issue.
He said he stopped supporting the kid because Hadija had made it difficult for him to continue doing so, as she even blocked him from having time with his daughter.
“Nilichokuwa nataka mimi ifike huko ilipofika (mahakamani). Kwa sababu haiwezekani kama kumuhudumia mimi nilikuwa namhudumia tena vizuri tu, mtoto nimemtoa kwenye shule aliyokuwa akisoma nimempeleka kwenye shule ya gharama zaidi ya mara tatu ya ile aliyokuwa akisoma. Sijaelewa lengo lake ni nini,” Alikiba said during a radio interview on Friday.
“Hiyo ishu ipo, of course kwenye ustawi wa jamii, na yote mikasa ilitokana na jinsi yule mama (Hadija) alitunyanyasa sisi sote familia yetu jinsi ya kukaa na mtoto na kumuona. Kwa sababu mtoto anatamani kumuona baba yake basi labda unamwambia kwa leo Ijumaa mlete aje kukaa huku hadi Jumapili anarudi kwa ajili ya shule Jumatatu. Lakini tukimchukua Ijumaa hiyo hiyo au Jumamosi anakuja kumchukua eti anam-miss. Sikuwa namuelewa,” he said.