BINDURA A magistrates court here has postponed to next month the trial of Gilbert Kagodora, the MDC treasurer for Mashonaland Central province, on charges of undermining the authority of or insulting President Robert MugabeThe matter was postponed after Kagodoras lawyers David Hofisi and Jeremiah Bamu from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) told magistrate Charles Murove that the prosecutor had not served them with witness statements to enable them to fully prepare for trial.??
Kagodora will now stand trial on 10 November after the prosecutor pledged to furnish his lawyers with all the witness statements.??
The State accuses Kagodora of contravening the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act by undermining the authority of or insulting the office of the President.??
Prosecutors allege that Kagodora denounced President Mugabe during an address to party supporters at a constitutional awareness meeting held at Nzvimbo Council Hall in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central on 11 March 2010, when he said; Mugabe mudenga, Grace mudenga, vabatanidzei, roverai pasi, which the police deduced to mean Mugabe up, Grace up, bring them together and drop them on the ground.
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