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Soldier in NGO's food distribution scandal
01 May 2016 at 07:15hrs | Views
A member of the Zimbabwe National Army in Masvingo has been accused of engaging into scandalously hijacking food distribution done by non governmental organisation.
According to Zimbabwe Peace Project on 20 March 2016, Thompson Mawara (48), a maguta soldier of Ward 10 Centenary Growth Point was responsible for the distribution of beans and cooking oil from an NGO for orphans whose parents had died from HIV/AIDS.
"The food was offloaded at David Nelson Clinic in Centenary. Mawara announced that the food was going to be distributed on 22 March 2016. On the distribution day, two people were asked to produce Zanu-PF membership cards. But nobody else besides them had been asked for the cards," reads the report by ZPP. "They were also accused of not attending Zanu-PF meetings. They were told that the food was not from any NGO but Zanu-PF. They were ordered to go back home and get their Zanu- PF membership cards."
ZPP said the two men went aside and informed one Hozo, a war veteran, who advised them to approach Mawara and ask for forgiveness.
One of them refused to ask for forgiveness claiming that the accusations were false and they were told to wait until the distribution was done.
"After the distribution Mawara was called by Hozo to explain the matter. Mawara claimed the two were influencing people in Ward 10 not to attend Zanu-PF meetings so they were fixing them for that. He promised to discipline them at a later date," reads the report.
According to Zimbabwe Peace Project on 20 March 2016, Thompson Mawara (48), a maguta soldier of Ward 10 Centenary Growth Point was responsible for the distribution of beans and cooking oil from an NGO for orphans whose parents had died from HIV/AIDS.
"The food was offloaded at David Nelson Clinic in Centenary. Mawara announced that the food was going to be distributed on 22 March 2016. On the distribution day, two people were asked to produce Zanu-PF membership cards. But nobody else besides them had been asked for the cards," reads the report by ZPP. "They were also accused of not attending Zanu-PF meetings. They were told that the food was not from any NGO but Zanu-PF. They were ordered to go back home and get their Zanu- PF membership cards."
ZPP said the two men went aside and informed one Hozo, a war veteran, who advised them to approach Mawara and ask for forgiveness.
One of them refused to ask for forgiveness claiming that the accusations were false and they were told to wait until the distribution was done.
"After the distribution Mawara was called by Hozo to explain the matter. Mawara claimed the two were influencing people in Ward 10 not to attend Zanu-PF meetings so they were fixing them for that. He promised to discipline them at a later date," reads the report.
Source - Byo24News
