MDC Alliance Member of Parliament for Harare West Joanna
Mamombe, is unstable and currently under the care of a psychiatrist.
This came out in court yesterday through her lawyer, Alec
Muchadehama, who was seeking temporary suspension of her reporting conditions.
Mamombe is facing allegations of faking abduction, together
with Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa, and they are on stringent bail
conditions that require them to report thrice a week to CID Law and Order,
which her lawyer sought to have suspended on her behalf.
“The accused has been taken ill and currently under the
care of a psychiatrist because of her unstable condition,” Muchadehama told the
court.
Muchadehama told the court that the doctor had recommended
a further two weeks to manage her and proposed the suspension till September
25. The State did not oppose the application and it was granted by regional
magistrate Bianca Makwande.
Allegations against the three are that on May 13 at around
1230pm, the accused and other MDC-Alliance youths gathered at Choppies
Supermarket in Warren Park 1 and staged a demonstration against the recalling
of their MPs from Parliament and the alleged misuse of funds for Covid-19
pandemic by the government.
On the same day, it is said they called their friends,
family and lawyers saying that they had been arrested at a roadblock near the
Showgrounds and were taken to Harare Central Police Station.
Allegations are that checks were made and it was
established that they were not arrested. Daily News
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