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Zanu-PF MP, driver in car wrangle
30 Apr 2015 at 06:56hrs | Views
Bikita East MP Kenneth Matimba is embroiled in a car rent-to-buy dispute with a driver he entered into an agreement with in October 2012.
The contract was valid for one year where the driver would pay $55 a day for six days to the Zanu PF MP and then take ownership of the car afterwards.
Tawanda Matebwe has dragged the legislator to the civil court seeking for a rescission of judgment after Matimba attached the Toyota Ipsum (registration number ABW 3922) he was pirating with claiming the former had not finished paying for the car.
Matimba had sued Matebwe claiming he had a shortfall of $3 131. He got a default judgment on January 14 this year that led to the attachment of the car.
However, Matebwe, through his lawyer, Joseph Maweni of Mutendi and Shumba, approached the civil court for the judgment to be set aside on the basis that Matimba cited the wrong address on the summons and served them at a house where Matebwe does not reside.
He was not in willful default since he did not see the summons because they were served at the wrong address.
"I only became aware of this judgment on March 25 when the Messenger of Court saw me at Nyika Growth Point and served me with the notice of attachment in execution of property," he said in his affidavit.
The contract was valid for one year where the driver would pay $55 a day for six days to the Zanu PF MP and then take ownership of the car afterwards.
Tawanda Matebwe has dragged the legislator to the civil court seeking for a rescission of judgment after Matimba attached the Toyota Ipsum (registration number ABW 3922) he was pirating with claiming the former had not finished paying for the car.
Matimba had sued Matebwe claiming he had a shortfall of $3 131. He got a default judgment on January 14 this year that led to the attachment of the car.
However, Matebwe, through his lawyer, Joseph Maweni of Mutendi and Shumba, approached the civil court for the judgment to be set aside on the basis that Matimba cited the wrong address on the summons and served them at a house where Matebwe does not reside.
He was not in willful default since he did not see the summons because they were served at the wrong address.
"I only became aware of this judgment on March 25 when the Messenger of Court saw me at Nyika Growth Point and served me with the notice of attachment in execution of property," he said in his affidavit.
Source - newsday
