Nabanyana was in 2000 seized from his house in Nketa high-density suburb by unknown people who are however strongly believed to be war veterans who wee behind most of the political violence that engulfed Zimbabwe during the run-up to general elections the same year.
Nabanyana, who was Education Minister David Coltart’s polling agent for ward 24, has never been seen since the abduction and is believed to have been murdered by his abductors. ??
His wife, Patricia told Radio VOP that her plight worsened in 2005 following the split of the MDC split into factions. ??
She said: Before the split of the MDC I used to get assistance from the party especially from Coltart. Now nobody is looking after my family. I am struggling to put food on the table for my family of four.
Two of the children are doing secondary school and it is very difficulty for me to raise school fees for the children. I have also, unsuccessfully, on numerous occasions tried to secure a birth certificate for our last born child.”
Patricia said officials from the registrars office were demanding a death certificate before issuing the child a birth certificate. ??
Everybody knows that my husband was abducted and disappeared and I do not know how these people expect me to get the death certificate when it is known that this issue is politically related and therefore needs politicians to intervene,” she said.
Patricia criticised the governments Organ for National Healing saying the body had failed to consult victims and survivors of violence on how the healing process should be conducted.
She said: ?That organ called national healing is a disgrace to the nation. I nearly broke into tears when I saw one of the Ministers responsible for the organ on national television talking about national healing. How can you talk about national healing without consulting the people affected? ”
Four war veterans from Bulawayo were arrested following the disappearance of Nabanyana but were acquitted by the High Court under unclear circumstances.
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