Couples bribe DNA Centre to manipulate paternity test results
The Applied Genetic Center at the National University of science and Technology in Bulawayo, had reported that cheating spouses are reportedly approaching the Centre with bribes in unscrupulous attempts to get the officials to manipulate their children’s paternity results in order to save their marriages.
In an interview on Tuesday, AGTC director Mr Zephaniah Dhlamini revealed that roughly one in every three cases that they deal with comes out negative exposing some women as cheats.
“There are some cheating couples who come and make offers to us so that we can manipulate paternity results for their children.
“There are just too many incidents where individuals try to manipulate the outcome of the tests. But we continuously tell them that it’s impossible,” said Mr Dhlamini.
Mr Dhlamini however said they would never tamper with DNA test results as this violates their professional ethic and gives them a bad rep.
Mr Dhlamini claims the institution has dealt with women who openly confess that if authentic results of their paternity tests comes out, their marriages would collapse.
“A woman will come and say I know that this child is not fathered by this man, please alter the results because my marriage will collapse. We always tell them that we can’t do that because if someone is querying the paternity of the child, he will seek a second opinion,” he said.
“And where does that leave us if we manipulate the results? We can’t afford to do that on professional grounds as well. Even some men come to the centre tomake their own suggestions.”
Mr Dhlamini later adviced that People should stop being corrupt.
