Mt Pleasant MP, Samuel Banda (MDC Alliance) has been dragged to court and charged with contravening the Electoral Act. He stands ac...
Mt Pleasant MP, Samuel Banda (MDC Alliance) has been dragged
to court and charged with contravening the Electoral Act.
He stands accused of falsifying his home address during
registration to enable him to represent the constituency. Banda resides in
Mabvuku but he lied that he lives in Mt Pleasant.
The court heard that on December 28 last year, during the
national biometric voter registration exercise, Banda misrepresented to the
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission that he resided at number 34 Waller Avenue, Mt
Pleasant, Harare.
He deposed an affidavit of residence for voter registration
to Zec commissioner of oath, purporting to be residing at that address. The
State says Zec forms VR1 and VR9 will be produced in court as an exhibit.
Banda (43) was not asked to plead when he appeared before
magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa, who remanded him out of custody to December 3,
pending finalisation of the investigations.
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