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MDC-T activists finally buried after some family rituals
24 Oct 2011 at 06:22hrs | Views
Moses Chokuda, an MDC-T activist, killed by Midlands governor Jason Machaya's son and 3 other Zanu PF supporters was finally buried in Chipere village in Gokwe Saturday, nearly 3 years after his death.
The burial only went ahead after the governor gave the slain activist's family 20 cattle, $15 000 cash and bought a coffin as compensation.
The Chokudas had reportedly demanded 70 cattle, $15 000 and a virgin girl, but the demands were reduced after the intervention of Chief Moses Njelele. The governor is yet to give the family an additional 15 cattle.
The Standard says before collecting Moses' remains from the Gokwe mortuary, where they had been removed from a metal coffin and put in a plastic bag by police, the Chokudas spent nearly an hour alone inside.
No one knows what they were doing inside the building, where even mortuary attendants and Chief Njelele, who mediated between the Chokuda and Machaya families, were not allowed.
Mourners who went for body viewing yesterday said they only saw bones in the white coffin.
This was hardly surprising as Moses' body lay in the mortuary for nearly 3 years with his family demanding justice.
Machaya, who is also the Zanu PF provincial chairman, attended the funeral where he preached forgiveness.
Meanwhile, NewsDay (Monday October 24) says the burial of slain MDC-T activist Moses Chokuda was almost scuttled after some Zanu-PF hardliners within the family attempted to chuck out mourners sporting MDC-T regalia at the family home at Chepere village, just outside Gokwe centre on Saturday.
The burial only went ahead after the governor gave the slain activist's family 20 cattle, $15 000 cash and bought a coffin as compensation.
The Chokudas had reportedly demanded 70 cattle, $15 000 and a virgin girl, but the demands were reduced after the intervention of Chief Moses Njelele. The governor is yet to give the family an additional 15 cattle.
The Standard says before collecting Moses' remains from the Gokwe mortuary, where they had been removed from a metal coffin and put in a plastic bag by police, the Chokudas spent nearly an hour alone inside.
No one knows what they were doing inside the building, where even mortuary attendants and Chief Njelele, who mediated between the Chokuda and Machaya families, were not allowed.
Mourners who went for body viewing yesterday said they only saw bones in the white coffin.
This was hardly surprising as Moses' body lay in the mortuary for nearly 3 years with his family demanding justice.
Machaya, who is also the Zanu PF provincial chairman, attended the funeral where he preached forgiveness.
Meanwhile, NewsDay (Monday October 24) says the burial of slain MDC-T activist Moses Chokuda was almost scuttled after some Zanu-PF hardliners within the family attempted to chuck out mourners sporting MDC-T regalia at the family home at Chepere village, just outside Gokwe centre on Saturday.
Source - Standard
