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Mliswa arrested for 'disrupting' Zanu-PF meeting
13 Apr 2015 at 08:45hrs | Views
Fired former Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairman and Hurungwe West independent candidate Temba Mliswa was arrested at Sengwe business centre yesterday and allegedly charged with disrupting the ruling party's meeting.
Mliswa was still in police custody by the time of going to print last night.
His campaign team member Farayi Kuvheya said they were taken to Magunje Police Station and charged with interfering with an authorised meeting.
They were just moving around the constituency organising our campaign teams at Sengwe Township 500 metres away from Nyamhunga School where Zanu-PF was holding a rally, Kuvheya said.
He claimed that some people at the business centre mobbed Mliswa, assuring him that they would vote him in the by-election scheduled for June 10.
Mliswa's mob attracted people who were going to the rally, prompting the police to arrest him and members of his team, Kuvheya said.
Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara refused to comment on the issue.
Mliswa is contesting the by-election against Zanu-PF candidate Keith Guzah.
Mliswa was still in police custody by the time of going to print last night.
His campaign team member Farayi Kuvheya said they were taken to Magunje Police Station and charged with interfering with an authorised meeting.
They were just moving around the constituency organising our campaign teams at Sengwe Township 500 metres away from Nyamhunga School where Zanu-PF was holding a rally, Kuvheya said.
Mliswa's mob attracted people who were going to the rally, prompting the police to arrest him and members of his team, Kuvheya said.
Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabgweazara refused to comment on the issue.
Mliswa is contesting the by-election against Zanu-PF candidate Keith Guzah.
Source - newsday
