adminMbuya’s lawyer, Mr Godfrey Nyoni of Moyo and Nyoni Legal Practitioners applied for a discharge at the close of the State case, arguing that the State had failed to prove a prima facie case against his client.
He further argued that there was no evidence to prove the essential elements of the offence of taking or being given money.
In his ruling, Mr Ruvetsa agreed with the defence counsel that the State,led by Mr Jeremiah Mutsindikwa, had failed to prove a prima facie case against Mbuya.
It was the State’s case that sometime in 2009, Mbuya received a total of $1 500 from three people who wanted places to undergo nurse training. Mbuya was in charge of recruiting students to the school.
It was alleged that she connived with Danford Dlamini, who was employed in the maternity wing and is still at large, and those who had paid were given acceptance letters, which meant they would not attend interviews for the training course.
When the alleged offence came to light, they allegedly forged interview forms for some students purporting they had gone through an interview.
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