15 February
Right to food
On Wednesday afternoon on the 15th of February, Ennessia Chihon’a from ward 6 in Zaka
North, was denied food aid meant to benefit all the people in Zaka North by the government.
She was denied this right on basis of her husband being an MDC-T supporter who mobilized
opposition party youths to disrupt Zanu PF rallies in the 2008 election campaigns. Her
husband has gone into hiding. The victim was humiliated and dismissed from the gathering
which was at Zishiri Business Centre on the day in question by the Zanu PF party chairperson
who was identified as Maduche .She was told that she was not going to get any assistance
from such initiatives until her husband handed himself in to the Zanu PF chairman.
26 February
2017
Right to Food
Some people were allegedly denied food aid from the Social Welfare in Gutu Central Ward
37. Village head Crediwel Munangarwa is alleged to have struck off some names of suspected
opposition supporters from the list and replaced them with the names of his relatives. Upon
being quizzed on why he had done that, Mr Munangarwa said they had agreed to have a new
and updated list of names for those who were supposed to benefit from the initiative. One of
the victims Gracious Chuma* denied that such a proposition was from the people in the
village. The matter was then forwarded to Mr Gwara from Social Welfare in Gutu but no
feedback has been received as yet.
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