Mau Mau to do 175hrs of community service

Fungai Lupande Court Reporter
Former legislator for Harare East and veteran boxing promoter Stalin Mau Mau (59) will perform 175 hours of community service and pay a fine of US$300 after pleading guilty to driving without a licence and negligent driving.Mau Mau turned right in front of an on-coming cyclist, causing the cyclist to hit the back of his car and losing two teeth in the process.
He was facing two counts of driving without a licence and negligent driving.

On the first count, magistrate Mr Blessing Murwisi fined Mau Mau US$300 to be paid by October 31 or an option of three months in prison.

Another six months on the first count were wholly suspended on condition that he did not commit a similar crime for the next five years.
For negligent driving, Mau Mau was sentenced to six months in prison and one month was set aside for five years.

The remaining five months were set aside on condition that he completes 175 hours of community service at Rhodesville Police Station starting tomorrow.

When Mau Mau appeared in court, he indicated that he was a holder of a valid international driver’s licence.
“I obtained the licence in 1981 and it will expire in 2024,” he said.

“Unfortunately, when the police requested that I produce it, the licence mysteriously went missing. It takes seven days to replace it and I am sure if the court affords me some more time I can produce it.”

Ms Murwisi questioned Mau Mau why he had not regularised his licence since a month had elapsed before his case reached the courts after the accident.

Prosecutor Ms Barbra Ndoro told the court that when one was a holder of an international drivers licence, they were expected to regularise it according to local laws.

Ms Ndoro said in this case, evidence showed that Mau Mau was not a holder of any driver’s licence. In mitigation, Mau Mau told the court that he was married and had six children and was a self-employed entrepreneur, surviving mainly on a US$300 pension per month.