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Community News Bulletin - June 2013
Centre
for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ)
July 02, 2013
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Political
tension rises ahead of elections in Gokwe Gumunyu Constituency
The people in
Gokwe Gumunyu Constituency are living in fear as a result of political
intimidation from supporters of Zanu-PF. Recently the aspiring Parliamentary
candidate in Gokwe Gumunyu Mr Chimire Katopa sent his campaigning
team taking people’s details such as their identity card numbers
and cellphone numbers. People were asked to disclose their political
party of choice. This left a lot of people especially in wards 17,
32 and 6 gripped by fear.
The burning
of Lot Naison Taruvinga’s Home has also signified the political
tension by Zanu-PF supporters on Monday night of 03 June 2013. The
culprits only identified as T. Chidhume, T. Chiherera, C. Matinga,
Mapwangiro and Mangena went to Mr Naison Taruvinga’s house
in Hamunya area ward 19 at midnight and started throwing stones
at his house. They broke windows, roofing sheets and the beam falling
in process.
Mr Taruvinga
who was sleeping with his wife in the house was injured during this
attack. The culprits later disappeared into the darkness. A report
was made to the police at Tchoda police base and another report
was sent to JOMIC.
Tafaranashe
Gumbo an aspiring candidate for the same constituency on an MKD
ticket said, “The people in Gokwe Humunya constituency are
living in fear of being murdered for expressing their freedom of
association as the country moves towards
the harmonized elections. This is the reason why we need palatable
conditions for free ad fair elections, definitely we cannot afford
to go for elections without key reforms which guarantee the security
of the voters and their voting conditions that give all the candidates
equal opportunities to canvas for support. Irrespective of the political
party they belong to. I am deeply worried about the security of
the people who live in Mashame and Hamunya ward 17 because there
are elements who think this community only belongs to Zanu-PF and
are ready to attack those with divergent ideas,” said Gumbo.
“We know
the culprits and very soon we are going to name and shame them if
they do not change their deviant behaviour. I encourage the people
in this constituency to learn to live together despite their political
differences, let us all emulate the late John Nkomo’s words
‘peace begins with me, peace begins with you, peace begins
with all of us’, said one village head in ward 17 Gokwe’s
Mshame area.
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