Kanene’s Father Reveals Kanene Has 3 Wives, 6 Children

Jailed singer General Kanene's father Leonard Dimba has revealed his son has three wives and six children who plays the role of a breadwinner.

General Kanene was recently slapped with an 18-year jail sentence for defilement.

His father says the development has brought a lot of misery to his family because Kanene was the breadwinner.

According to The Post, Dimba says the sentence was as though his son had committed murder.

He said in an interview from his home in Lusaka's Misisi compound that Kanene's conviction was not fair.

Dimba, who was with his wife, said the family depended on Kanene for sustenance.

"My wife and I are not in employment. We depend on Kanene. He feeds us with the money he makes from music shows," Dimba, a retiree, complained.

He said Kanene, 29, has three wives and six children.

Dimba said the parents of the girl whom Kanene is said to have defiled failed to prove her exact age, arguing that she could be over the age of 16.

He complained that medical experts did not examine the girl and that she looked older than the purported age despite being short.

"The girl's parents couldn't produce birth certificates of their daughter. They said that all her birth records were burnt in the house where they lived in Choma but we know it's all lies because not even a police report was produced," he explained.

Dimba further claimed that the girl was old enough and she had been patronising drinking places for a long time.

"In fact, we used to drink with her in one of the bars here.
Some three – four years ago, she would come in a bar with a baby and a friend. She likes dancing in bars. She was also Kanene's dancing queen, hence many people around here know her very well," he added.

Dimba also narrated that at first, the girl's father went to complain to him (Dimba) that Kanene had abducted his daughter but later changed that he had defiled her.

Dimba, who later broke down, said God would be the final judge on the matter because it was not as though his son had committed murder.

Kanene's brother, Honest, had the same complaint, saying his brother's 18-year jail sentence was too much as the girl's age had not been established.