The outspoken popular Zengeza West legislator spoke in
bitterness and anger about what he called "the great betrayal” by his
colleagues within the high echelons of the opposition party.
He said the betrayal was revealed to him by some of the CCC
inner circle during visits to him at
Chikurubi.
He told The Standard “They connived to keep me here at all
cost. Apparently I'm suffering for my perceived popularity which some people
feel threatened by. But honestly, you do not betray a struggle comrade in this
manner, just because you are afraid of his shadow.
My incarceration has caused untold suffering to my
children, my wife, the huge league of friends in Zimbabwe and abroad and of
course to myself. Being locked up in these cold concrete and steel walls 24/7
for months on end is no joke.
But I will come out. Wait and see what will happen when I
do. Ndinotunga munhu nenyanga yeNyati (I'll gore somebody with a rhino horn).
Betrayal is, by its very nature, very painful.
“I will come out and we will face each other," said Sikhala
who was seething with anger as he spoke from behind a small window barricaded
by thick steel bars inside Zimbabwe’s maximum security prison.
Sikhala was arrested on several charges including
obstruction of justice and was thrown inside Chikurubi Maximum prison from
where he has been applying for bail unsuccessfully. He has been in jail since
June 2022.
Trial on some of the charges commenced a few weeks ago.
Ordinarily, accused persons that have not been granted bail are detained at the
remand prison until trial. Standard
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