Jailed former Bikita West legislator, Munyaradzi Kereke has
once again petitioned the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) and Chief Justice
Luke Malaba, challenging his continued incarceration as a violation of his
constitutional rights.
He begged the Chief Justice to facilitate his access to a
fair hearing and administrative justice.
Kereke’s latest petition was delivered to the JSC, the
Supreme Court of Zimbabwe and the National Prosecuting Authority on Monday 01
July.
The letter addressed to the Chief Justice aimed to contain
further vital evidence allegedly proving gross misconduct and criminal abuse of
office by High Court officers in the handling of his appeal, lodged under
number CA 504/16.
He claimed that on 28 June, he met with High Court Registry
officials and accrued out a due diligence exercise on a court record in which
Justice Charles Hungwe delivered a
judgement against him on 29 May 2019.
He said six critical exhibits were illegally removed from
the record and these include the fraudulent unstamped medical examination
duplicate, the gun handover exhibit, a letter written to him by Parirenyatwa
Hospital proving that Dr Chanakira was not on duty on the date of the purported
medical examination on the alleged rape victim, a copy of text messages proving
a political angle of the fabricated rape charge and a Harare Central Hospital
card proving deceits by one of the complainants.
Additionally, Kereke also said alien evidence,
which did not form part of the evidence produced during trial, was inserted
illegally to his detriment, a point he made in his initial complaint to the
JSC.
He further alleged that the registrar’s office has
acknowledged the missing documentary evidence but has said those responsible
were recently transferred to other stations.
He called for those responsible to be brought to account.
As a result, Kereke contended that Justice Hungwe’s
judgement ought to be set aside and he must be immediately released from prison
in the interest of justice, constitutionalism and respect for human rights and
the rule of law. zbc
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