Missing Harare doctor Peter Magombeyi bade his house-mate
farewell and told him to lock up the door since he was going for an all-night
prayer, an internal hospital memo has exposed.
According to a Harare Central Hospital internal memorandum
dated September 16, 2019 and addressed to the chief executive officer Dr
Tinashe Dhobbie by the Human Resources Department, Dr Magombeyi left home
intentionally.
“On the 15th of September 2019, we visited Dr Magombeyi’s
residence on number 2915 Budiriro 2, Harare. On our way, we passed through
Budiriro Police Station where Dr Jena, his house mate was reporting the case.
From there went to their house where Dr Jena showed us Dr Magombeyi’s bedroom.
On the bed there was laptop and clothes Dr Magombeyi had removed that night,’’
reads the memo.
“Dr Jena told us that the last time he spoke to Dr
Magombeyi was the previous night and Dr Magombeyi said that he was going out
for an all-night prayer. He also instructed Dr Jena to lock the door since he
was not coming back,’’ reads the memo.
Dr Dhobbie last night refused to comment over the phone.“I haven’t met you and I don’t know you, so I can’t give
you the comment,’’ said Dr Dhobhie.
News of Dr Magombeyi’s alleged abduction and disappearance
last Friday has been spreading, with opposition and civil society blaming it on
State agents.
There has been a series of such abductions lately, which
have strongly been suspected to be either staged for publicity purposes or
directed by some agents to besmirch the image of Zimbabwean Government ahead of
regional and international forums such as Sadc summit and the forthcoming
United Nations General Assembly meeting to be held in New York, United States.
Typically, the United States Embassy in Harare, strongly
believed to have a hand in “black operations” to justify continued interference
in Zimbabwe’s internal affairs,
yesterday waded in, accusing Government of being behind the spate of
alleged abductions totalling 50 since the beginning of the year.
But details emerged yesterday in a confidential memo
released to The Herald that Dr Magombeyi may have left his house in the high
density suburb of Budiriro, voluntarily.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson Assistant
Commissioner Paul Nyathi said they were investigating the case after receiving
the complaint.
Speaking to The Herald yesterday, Deputy Chief Secretary to
the President and Cabinet in charge of Presidential Communications Mr George
Charamba said the recent alleged abductions were choreographed ahead of the
President’s United Nations General Assembly meeting and the maiden visit of a
UN Special Rapporteur who is due to
arrive in the country today. ‘
‘This is a characteristic propaganda stunt by the
opposition and its supporters. They are aware that UN Special Rapporteur
Clément Nyaletsossi Voule is visiting the country, paying his maiden visit
after a long hiatus,” said Mr Charamba.
“As you are aware until now under the First Republic, the
Zimbabwe Government would refuse to entertain such a personage.
“The opposition thinks it can draw his attention through
such propaganda stunts,” said Mr Charamba
UN Special Rapporteur Clément Nyaletsossi Voule will visit
Zimbabwe to assess the country’s achievements and challenges in relation to the
exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in
the country.
This is the first official visit by an independent human
rights expert, appointed by the Human Rights Council, to Zimbabwe.
The Special Rapporteur, who is visiting at the invitation
of the Government, will meet with Government officials, representatives of the
Judiciary, Legislature, independent institutions and civil society.
He will also meet members of the international community
including UN official. Herald
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