Wenslus Murape
Zvikomborero Parafini
THREE officials employed by the Registrar General’s Epworth Sub-Office were yesterday denied bail in the case in which they are being accused of fraudulently issuing national identity cards to Cameroon nationals.
Mike Kudzai Chikumbu, Titos Mutahwa and Roselyn Tesa initially appeared in court last weekend. Harare magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa said the State has managed to prove that they have a strong case at the preliminary stage and it would not be in the interest of justice to grant the trio bail in the circumstances.
The court heard that the Cameroonian quartet connived with one, Tafadzwa Chiundiza, who is a Zimbabwean and has already appeared in court, to assist them in bribing employees from the Registrar General’s office.
They sent Chiundiza US$3 200 from Cameroon through Western Union Money Transfer.
The documents were bearing Zimbabwean names — Christiana Mhereyenyoka, Marvel Chimbwanda, Yvette Maini and Emile Chingwaru.
Mathew Masinge