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Kaukonde faces parliament recall
03 Mar 2015 at 17:25hrs | Views
ZANU-PF officials in Mashonaland East province have reportedly launched a spirited campaign to recall Marondera Central legislator Ray Kaukonde and Goromonzi South MP Petronella Kagonye from their parliamentary seats, accusing them of belonging to a rival faction fronted by former Vice-President Joice Mujuru.
Former Provincial Affairs minster, Kaukonde, and former Transport deputy minister, Kagonye, recently lost their government posts over the same allegations.
Expelled former Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa and his nephew Temba Mliswa on Tuesday lost their parliamentary seats.
The speaker of the national assembly, Jacob Mudenda, declared Mutasa's seat (Headlands) and that of his nephew Temba Mliswa (Hurungwe West), vacant.
Mudenda's Tuesday ruling on Mutasa and Mliswa came after Mutasa had written to Parliament indicating that he should not be recalled from the national assembly as the party did not follow the procedures required in terms of its own constitution.
Meanwhile, Mutasa has lodged a court challenge against President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF challenging the decision to expel him from the party.
The court challenge comes soon after Mudenda's ruling.
Former Provincial Affairs minster, Kaukonde, and former Transport deputy minister, Kagonye, recently lost their government posts over the same allegations.
Expelled former Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa and his nephew Temba Mliswa on Tuesday lost their parliamentary seats.
Mudenda's Tuesday ruling on Mutasa and Mliswa came after Mutasa had written to Parliament indicating that he should not be recalled from the national assembly as the party did not follow the procedures required in terms of its own constitution.
Meanwhile, Mutasa has lodged a court challenge against President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF challenging the decision to expel him from the party.
The court challenge comes soon after Mudenda's ruling.
Source - Byo24News
