The Manica Post can reveal that some unruly elements in
Mutare were name-dropping President Mnangagwa’s name to give credence to their
illegal machinations to hoodwink and fleece unsuspecting home seekers, much to
the chagrin of national authorities.
The strong-worded ultimatum was issued by the Permanent
Secretary of Presidential Affairs in the Office of the President, Mr Tafadzwa
Muguti, at a meeting with stakeholders and residents at Gimboki Clinic on
Wednesday.
The salvo came hard on the heels of a video clip
circulating on social media wherein the alleged chief architect of the illegal
allocations of pieces of land in Gimboki, Binali Yard was allegedly captured
urging those he had illegally allocated land to regroup and take up their
offers.
Yard and four others — Brian Marange, Tawanda Ndawe,
Webster Mudzimwa and Trust Matimba — have since been suspended from the ruling
party Zanu PF for five years for their deviant conduct.
Mr Muguti said those who had erected structures in Gimboki
must move out within seven days or risk the humiliation of being evicted.
“Land in this country is not allocated by the counting of
footsteps as measurement of one’s residential stand. You can only get land when
there are legal papers showing the beneficiary’s name.
“Even if we wanted to regularise the settlement, how do we
do it when three people are settled on one piece of land, all of them claiming
to have been allocated the same piece of land?
“We are giving you seven days to remove your illegal
structures and vacate the area. Failure to do so, we will come and help you do
that. We have laws in this country, and they should be respected,” he said.
Given that Yard’s recent video clip appears to be a
violation of his court bail conditions, Mr Muguti called for his immediate
arrest.
Yard, together with Marange, Ndawe, Mudzimwa and Matimba,
were in December last year arrested by a team of detectives from the Criminal
Investigations Department’s Police Anti-Corruption Unit and CID Homicide from
Harare.
They allegedly contravened Section 24 (1) as read with
Section 24 (4) of the Regional Town and Country Planning Act, Chapter 19:12
(Unlawful carrying out development without permission) or alternatively
criminal trespass as defined in Section 132 of the Criminal Law (Codification
and Reform) Act, (Chapter 9:23).
They were granted bail by Mutare High Court Judge, Justice
Jester Charewa after spending the Christmas holiday in remand prison. Manica
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