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Former MP, 39 CCC Activists Further Remanded

1 year agoThu, 22 Feb 2024 06:16:18 GMT
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Former MP, 39 CCC Activists Further Remanded

Harare magistrate Apollonia Marutya has dismissed an application by former Glenview South Member of Parliament Learnmore Hakata for refusal of further remand for holding an unsanctioned road show, reported NewsDay.

Hakata, who is charged alongside 39 others, is being represented by Kudzai Kadzere from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). Kadzere submitted:

We apply that the accused person be removed from remand. They have been attending court since last year with the State failing to come up with a trial date.

Kadzere appealed to the court to proceed by way of summons when it finally gets ready for trial.

The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Thomas Chanakira opposed the application saying the docket was ready and assigned to a different prosecutor Zebediah Bofu.

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Hakata and the other CCC members were arrested in August last year while holding an electoral campaign roadshow at Machipisa Shopping Centre, Highfield, Harare.

It is alleged that the CCC had notified authorities about a campaign rally at Churu Farm, but the accused later diverted from the planned location resulting in their arrest.

Prosecutors allege the suspects breached maintenance of peace regulations.

Hakata and the CCC members did not participate in the August 2023 elections because they were in custody.

The matter was postponed to 27 February for a possible trial date.

More: Pindula News

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2 Comments

. · 1 year ago
Our judges and magistrates are a disgrace shame.
Mdara Odza · 1 year ago
Hakata is still MP

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