Sikhala, Sithole denied bail at the High Court

High Court  judge Justice Lucy Mungwari dismissed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole's bail appeals.


In her ruling, Justice Mungwari said Sikhala, in particular, has a heightened propensity to re-offend even though the Zengeza West MP has been arrested   67 times on politically-motivated charges without conviction.

Sikhala and Sithole had approached a higher court appealing against a magistrate's decision not to grant them bail pending trial, two weeks ago   in which bail is a Constitutional right.

They unsuccessfully applied for bail before the Harare magistrates' courts.

The magistrate ruled that the two MPs were a threat to public security and were likely to re-offend if released on bail.

Sikhala and Sithole are facing charges of incitement to commit violence in Nyatsime following the murder of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali.

Ali's dismembered remains were discovered in a disused well at a farm in Beatrice, about 10km away from where she was taken.

The  suspect in her murder is her ex-boyfriend Pius Mukandi, alias Jamba (31), has since been arrested and was remanded in custody.