There  was drama yesterday when a prominent prosecutor at the Mutare Magistrates Court, was hurled before a tribunal on allegations of supporting the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai in a case in which some MDC-T officials are ironically the very same people seeking to have the prosecutor expelled.
Mr Samuel Chabuka’s furnace of affliction was set alight after supporters of the loosing candidate for Chikanga-Dangamvura Giles Mutsekwa accused him of supporting the winner for the constituency in the just ended elections, Arnold Tsunga.
It was alleged that Chabuka had been prosecuting cases affecting Mutsekwa’s faction while tolerating those of Tsunga’s.
The supporters who include key employees working for Mutsekwa alleged that Chabuka has been campaigning for Arnold Tsunga and actually to this date holds the position of Secretary for Publicity for Chikanga-Dangamvura. Key witnesses include Malfus Tsenga, (Mutsekwa’s chief election agent and the party’s District Secretary), Kingston Mutandi (Organising Secretary for Chikanga-Dangamvura) who have all testified that Sam Chabuka is an active member of MDC-T and that he should not be employed as a State prosecutor. There was drama when Malfus Tsenga presented a letter document written by him with the address of 22 Dawson Road, Mutare. It was immediately noted that this is Giles Mutsekwa’s office address and so Tsenga had already damaged the case through this.
The Disciplinary hearing was chaired by the Human Resources Director in the Public Service, Maxwel Ranga.
But the MDC-T has denied those allegations. The party position was explained by Provincial Spokesperson Mr. Pishai Muchauraya who said it is not true that Chabika holds a party position.
“Samuel Chabuka does not hold a position in our party,” he said.
Muchauraya confirmed that Mutsekwa’s faction members are indeed testifying against Chabuka in court on the allegations.
Efforts to obtain a comment from Giles Mutsekwa were fruitless as his phone rang without being answered.
Mutandi is also ironically the chauffeur for the controversial MDC-T rebel and Mutare Mayor Tatenda Nhamarare. But when contacted on Saturday morning, Mutandi said he has always been a council chauffeur since 2003.” I have always been working for the council since 2003,” he told ZimEye.org
When contacted, Mr Chabuka himself refused to talk saying he would telephone back later.
Mutsekwa is the MDC-T’s Defence and intelligence Secretary.
The hearing continues…