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JAG urgent appeal for information on conflict of interest in parliament : Coltart's list
Justice for Agriculture (JAG) Zimbabwe
February 25, 2004

A separate LEGAL COMMUNIQUÉ has a transcript of extracts from the Parliamentary debate on the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill on the 21st and 22nd of January 2004.

The unanimous Adverse Report of the Parliamentary Legal Committee on the BILL and a list of MP's and the constituencies represented by them are also attached to that Legal Communiqué. [Another Report by the Lands Portfolio Committe was suppressed and can't be published]

The main import of the Bill was to condone govt ignoring the principles of its own programme and seizing all non-State farms rather than the 5 m hectares they had said would be needed.

MDC's shadow Minister of Justice, Legal & Parliamentary Affairs Dave Coltart questioned the legal right of Patrick Chinamasa and other MPs to participate in the debate & votes in view of personal pecuniary interests they had been given in the programme being debated, as beneficiaries of the State acquisitions since May 2000.

The majority rejected that (and the Parliamentary Legal Committtee's Report) and resolved to set up a Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry to establish the veracity or otherwise of the tabled list of MP's reported to have such an pecuniary interest through allocations of land.

A copy of the List Coltart tabled is attached. In the absence of any transparency yet from govt it was based on various reports received. While it is expected Govt will now make a full list available, this is by no means guaranteed, and the proceedings before such committees can be more like the Star Chambers or some kangaroo court than those of any body applying normal rules of natural justice. The charge is a serious one.

Will all farmers or owners of properties appearing on Coltart's list and anyone else with any information relating to either the listed farms or listed MPs urgently contact David Coltart MP or Sheila Jarvis of Atherstone & CooK or the JAG office on the email addresses below and/or phone them or drop off a letter with what you can.

Also anyone with any information relating to anyother MP [or judges] who has benefited from Fast Track is asked to inform us. As allocations are officially "per Household" any allocations to a spouse are also relevant. Some MPs like the Chinamasas have reportedly moved from farm to farm, and information on any earlier holdings is also useful.

Please pass this on to anyone you know inside or outside Zimbabwe who may be able to help.

We will follow up leads wherever direct info is not available. Documentation will also be most welcome, or simply the name of the lawyer dealing with the farm and authority to get copies from him.

As can be seen from the transcript of debate, opposition MPs like David Coultart batted extremely hard against the passing of this blatantly unconstitutional Bill. Reciprocity with regard to information relating to this list and the gathering of more updated information is the order of the day and the least we, as farmers, can do.

David Coultart:
coltart@mweb.co.zw or phone contact details to Webb, Low and Barry 09-64481

Shiela Jarvis: JAG
justiceforagriculture@zol.co.zw, ph 799410
justice@telco.co.zw

COLTART'S LIST:
List of some MPs reportedly having a Pecuniary Interest through allocations (both in passage of Bill and in curtailing debate on it)

• Chapfika V The Grove
• Chauke E Farm 748 Ngwindi Sugar Estate, Chiredzi
• Chauke E Sikato 10, Masvingo
• Chinamasa Patrick & Spouse Sub division 1 Nyamazura
  Lot 1 of Mirror Rocklands, Marondera
  Lawrence Dale 3 and part of Lawrence Dale 4, Headlands
• Chinamasa's Sister Buffalo Downs
• Chindori-Chininga Calgary @ Mazowe (1500 has, taken from A1)
• Chimutengwende Brock Park Farm and Bemill Park
• Chipanga S First Everton, then Crofton, Rusape
• Chitango V Showers "B"
• Chombo I Allan Grange (300ha) + Oldham, Chegutu
• Dokore L Barnwell
• Dzinzi N Dendere
• Gasela E Forest Extension 2
• Gumbo J Lot 21a Nuanetsi Ranch and Wolwehoek 1299ha Mwenezi
• Gumbo R Fauna
• Hungwe J D Lot 21a Nuanetsi Ranch and Bryn Farm, Chegutu
• Kasukuwere, Saviour Harmony Farm, Mazoe 500ha
• Kasukuwere, Saviour Pimento Farm
• Kasukuwere, Saviour Bamboo Creek
• Kasukuwere, Saviour Bretton Farm
• Made Dr J Causeway Farm
• Made Dr J Tara Farm
• Madzongwe E Bourne and Corburn 13, Chegutu
• Mahofa S Zaka Scheme Plots, Lothian at Gutu
• Mahofa S Spring Farm
• Mahofa S Lochinvar
• Mahofa S Eyrie/Lauder/Wragley
• Mangange C Hippo Valley Settlement
• Mangwende, Witness Rudolphia Farm, Arcturus
• Manyika Elliot Duiker Flats
• Manyika Elliot Sub Division of Caledon
• Mashwita V & spouse Dendere/Harmony and Watakari, Mazoe
• Matiza B Highlands
• Midzi Amos Magudu Ranch
• Mohadi K + Mrs Bothasrus and Bea Ranch, Beit Bridge
• Moyo Prof J Little Connemara 1, Inyanga
• Moyo Prof J Patterson, Mazoe
• Moyo Prof J Lot 3a Dete Valley, Lupane (through Eternity Trading)
• Mpofu O Auchenburg, Nyamandlovu
• Mpofu O Umguza Block, Umguza; [and one purchased?]
• Mpofu O Lot 40 of Dete Valley
• Msika Umguza Block (Nephew on Broadlands, Sister on Harmony)
• Muchena, Olivia Eastwolds
• Mudenge S Chikore Farm, Masvingo
• Mugabe S Remaining extent Mleme 1037 ha
• Mugabe S Longwood 924 ha
• Mugabe S Gowrie Farm, Norton
• Mugabe S Audley End
• Mugabe S Zvim Golden Stairs?
• Mumbengegwe Irvine Farm
• Mumbengegwe Vosloo Farm
• Mutasa D Beazil Grange
• Mutasa D Lone Kop
• Muwerwa Dr H Causeway Farm
• Ncube A Makhado Outspan
• Nyoni S Fountain Farm Insiza (was planned for youth training)
• Parirenyatwa Dr D Rudolphia Farm, Arcturus
• Sekeremayi S Ulva, Marondera (displacing 21 families)
• Shumba I Moira Ranch, Mateke

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