Enia Chiwara, the MDC Information and Publicity secretary for Ward 27 in Makoni South, Manicaland province was assaulted at a Zanu PF meeting in the area on Thursday.
Chiwara was asked to attend a developmental meeting in the area but when she got to the venue she discovered it was a Zanu PF meeting. She was barred from leaving the meeting and was instead told to buy a Zanu PF membership card for US$1 but she refused saying she was an MDC member and did not require a Zanu PF membership card. She was then assaulted and had to seek medical attention at the Nyazura clinic.
Meanwhile, the MDC has said that the published part of the vast personal asset register of Ignatius Chiminya Chombo — a close ally of Robert Mugabe, a senior Zanu PF politburo member and a Cabinet minister — arising from his marriage dispute before the High Court, clearly points to his unsuitability for public office. The MDC says the salary and benefits of Cabinet ministers are a matter of public record. There is no way a single, honest person in high office could have managed to acquire such treasure, other than through abuse of office.
The Party said it was without doubt that Chombo, a former teacher, neither inherited the wealth nor ever owned a business empire to justify personal ownership of such a sickening amount of wealth. Before his appointment to government, slightly more than a decade ago, Chombos claim to property was a smallholding in the former African purchase area of Chitomborwizi near Chinhoyi.
In the absence of an explanation of how he managed to acquire such an obscene array of properties from Chirundu to Chiredzi; from Victoria Falls to Mutare; a fleet of top of the range vehicles and commercial trucks; 10 companies; commercial farms; mines and safari lodges, Chombo must simply be relieved of his official duties and called to account as he is clearly unfit for public office.
The MDC said Mugabe seemed to shield Chombo. After the Harare City Council reported him to the police in April 2010 for his involvement in shady deals in the city, involving an irregular acquisition of more than 20 hectares of prime land in the plush suburb of Helensvale, the police ignored the complaint and never mounted a criminal investigation.
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