Muguti in February spent six weeks in remand prison together with his Zhombe counterpart Rodger Tazviona and six MDC supporters. He was accused of threatening Chief Samambwa of Zhombe with unspecified action. The Chief had confiscated MDC regalia including party cards and T-Shirts as a way of forcing his subjects to support Zanu (PF).
The case will be heard again on August 3, but police have since preferred fresh charges against Muguti. He is accused of taking pictures of an army barrack in his constituency, undermining police authority and inciting violence.
In an interview Muguti said state security agents went bent on punishing him for exposing a deep pit in his constituency which was used as a torture camp during the discredited bloody 2008 presidential polls.
The case failed to take place on Tuesday amid revelations police had not furnished the state with adequate evidence to put the legislator on his defence. He was later told to go home and the case will proceed by way of summons when enough evidence has been gathered.
Post published in: Zimbabwe News