21 February
Right to Food
In Bindura North Constituency, the Zanu PF party is reported to have summoned people at
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short notice for a meeting at Progress shopping centre in ward 11. It is reported rice was
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distributed on partisan grounds while opposition parties were denigrated. The meeting was
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chaired by Lameck Bonde who is the Chairperson of the Simon Muzenda Zanu PF branch
and Grace Bvunzawabaya who is the chairperson of women's league. It is alleged people
were made to sing and chant party slogans denouncing Morgan Tsvangirai and Joice
Mujuru. People attended in numbers because they were attracted by the distribution of rice.
However, only 100 people are reported to have benefited 2kg of rice while the rest were
turned away. An estimated 300 people were reported to have been in attendance.
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Provincial highlights
Mashonaland
17 February
Right to Food
In Sanyati constituency ward 12, Firi Moyo [a Social Welfare Worker] was allegedly
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arrested for corrupt tendencies during food distribution from the social welfare department.
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It is alleged that Moyo corruptly distributed maize using village kraals inclusive of John
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Phiri [head of Chikonamombe B], Mulandusi Ntabeni [village secretary to A Mero,
Simbarashe Muguchura [head of Madoda Village], who wrote fake names of people on the
beneficiary list. Other people purported to collect maize on behalf of the ghost beneficiaries.
It was further reported that Moyo would then sell the maize at Zapalala Sanyati branch or
Mateesanwa shop at old council and give the village heads a token of appreciation from the
profits made.
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