adminYeukai Karengezeka Herald Correspondent
Two MDC-T members appeared in court yesterday for tearing up the nomination papers of St Mary’s Ward 3 councillor Tendai Saimon last week.
Alex Mbweyo (29) and Devine Kanyama (31) appeared before Chitungwiza magistrate Mrs Yeukai Chigodora charged with contravening the Electoral Amendment Act by preventing Saimon’s representative from lodging his nomination papers with the constituency elections officer.
They pleaded not guilty and were granted $100 bail each and their trial will continue on June 29.
The prosecutor Mr Norman Koropi alleged that on June 14, Saimon, who is an aspiring candidate for St Mary’s Ward 3 in the forthcoming harmonised elections, gave Knowledge Buranda his identity card, set of certified fingerprints and copy of birth certificate for submission at the Nomination Court.
On arrival at the Chitungwiza Municipality head office where the Nomination Court was sitting, Buranda was approached by Mbwenyo and Kanyama and their other accomplices.
They man-handled him and forcibly took away and tore all the nomination documents that he had, resulting in him failing to file Saimon’s nomination papers. A report was made to the police leading to their arrest.
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