Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede has made a U-turn and admitted that his officers erred by refusing to grant a passport to freelance journ...
Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede has made a U-turn and
admitted that his officers erred by refusing to grant a passport to freelance
journalist Violet Gonda,, who had been blacklisted by the government and denied
the travel document.
Mudede said the freelance journalist is entitled to a
passport and said the so-called “STOP LIST” administered by his office does not
apply to her.
Mudede said Gonda encountered some “administrative
problems” with a junior officer who attended to her but should have “escalated”
her issue to a senior person in his office.
The RG charged that filing of the court application could
have been avoided had Gonda referred her issue to a senior person in his office
or to himself directly.
The matter is yet to be heard and determined by the High
Court. Gonda is being represented by
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