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Zanu-PF official disrupts media outreach event
15 Apr 2014 at 06:32hrs | Views
Information and Media Panel of Inquiry chairperson Geoff Nyarota clashes with Zanu- PF secretary for labour and production for Manicaland Cde Nathan Mhiripiri during an outreach programme in Rusape yesterday. (Picture by Innocent Makawa)
Zanu-PF secretary for labour and production in Manicaland province, Nathan Mhiripiri yesterday disrupted an outreach of the Information and Media Panel of Inquiry in Rusape saying he had not been officially informed about it.
He also protested the inclusion of IMPI chairperson, Geoffrey Nyarota, in the panel, saying he would use the forum to further MDC-T interests.
Nyarota contested and lost a parliamentary race in the July 31, 2013 harmonised elections on an MDC-T ticket.
Government established IMPI to assess state of the information and media industry in Zimbabwe.
It is the first such study of the information sector since independence.
Mhiripiri arrived during cluster group consultations and threatened to lock people inside Vhengere Hall while some people who accompanied him said they would assault everyone. The cluster groups prematurely ended their meetings as Mhiripiri stole the show and headed to Marondera earlier than scheduled.
He also protested the inclusion of IMPI chairperson, Geoffrey Nyarota, in the panel, saying he would use the forum to further MDC-T interests.
Nyarota contested and lost a parliamentary race in the July 31, 2013 harmonised elections on an MDC-T ticket.
It is the first such study of the information sector since independence.
Mhiripiri arrived during cluster group consultations and threatened to lock people inside Vhengere Hall while some people who accompanied him said they would assault everyone. The cluster groups prematurely ended their meetings as Mhiripiri stole the show and headed to Marondera earlier than scheduled.
Source - The herald
