“Any one found with a first AID kit is harassed and threatened with death for getting them,” said one of the villagers who refused to be named for fear of victimization.
The villagers also attacked the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee for failing to end hostilities among rural communities in the country following the consummation of the inclusive government.
“We do not know why JOMIC was established because we have made several reports to the body and nothing is being done,” said one of the villagers. “The biggest problem we see is that some of the perpetrators of violence during the run up to the 2008 elections have been seconded to JOMIC by their political parties and we wonder if such people will work with us in a good way.”
JOMIC officials in Masvingo this week refused to comment on allegations that they were doing nothing to end politically motivated hostilities within communities.
MDC-T Masvingo provincial information officer, Honest Makanyire, confirmed that people living with HIV and AIDS were being harassed in Gutu West constituency by suspected war veterans and Zanu (PF) youths.
Police in Gutu confirmed that they had received several reports of harassment but so far no-one had been arrested.
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