Musengezi was arrested last week for allegedly obtaining a Zanu
PF membership card fraudulently.
When Musengezi appeared yesterday before Harare magistrate
Yeukai Dzuda, his lawyers Nqobani Sithole and Douglas Coltart argued that their
client should not continue languishing in prison because of continuous delays in
hearing the case.
Sithole submitted that there was no need to continue to
detain Musengezi because he was not a flight risk and was in constant
communication with the police, which made him a proper candidate for bail.
He also argued that Musengezi had no business interests
outside the country having travelled less than 10 times since 2015.
Sithole further averred: “The documents that were submitted
before this court were authored by Zanu PF, which manipulated them.”
The investigation officer in the matter, however, said
Musengezi could use other means to skip borders and travel outside of the
country.
The court alleges that on a date yet to be established in
2012, Musengezi acting in common purpose with Allen Chisuko and Taurai
Mutimbanyoka misrepresented to Zanu PF that he resided at House Number 4315
Hatcliffe Extension, Harare in order to become a member of the party’s Muzinda
1A district.
As a result of the alleged misrepresentation, the State
said Musengezi fraudulently became a member of the Zanu PF district. As a
result of the misrepresentation, Musengezi became eligible to contest for a
Zanu PF branch position.
In 2021, Musengezi filed a court application, challenging
the constitutionality of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ascendancy to Zanu PF
leadership in 2017 after the late former President Robert Mugabe was removed
from power in a military coup. Newsday
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