HARARE
–
Ex-legislator
Amos
Chibaya
shall
remain
under
prison
detection,
a
Harare
magistrate
ruled
on
Monday,
adding
he
was
not
convinced
the
prominent
opposition
politician
would
not
break
his
bail
conditions
if
granted
his
prayer
for
freedom.
Chibaya
is
accused
of
inciting
fellow
CCC
activists
into
committing
violence
while
addressing
them
at
the
Harare
Magistrates’
Court
where
party
faction
leader
Jameson
Timba
and
dozens
more
had
been
denied
bail
in
June
this
year.
Presiding
over
the
matter,
Dennis
Mangosi
said
he
was
going
to
lean
on
prosecutors’
argument
the
former
Mkoba
MP
will
commit
similar
offences
if
he
is
freed.
Arrested
many
times
for
his
fearless
activism,
Chibaya
was
recently
fined
US$50
for
skipping
court
in
another
criminal
case
he
is
facing.
“The
accused
breached
bail
conditions,
the
accused
will
abscond
if
granted
bail”
ruled
the
court,
adding,
“on
absconding
of
trial,
the
state
has
managed
to
prove
its
case.
So,
you
are
denied
bail
on
that
ground.”
According
to
the
state,
Chibaya
was
among
a
group
of
CCC
activists
who
staged
demonstrations
at
the
court
building
in
June
demanding
the
release
of
77
party
activists
who
had
been
denied
bail.
It
is
further
alleged
Chibaya
then
convened
a
meeting
at
the
entrance
of
the
court
building
where
party
politicians
Agency
Gumbo
and
Ostallos
Gift
Siziba
were
among
the
speakers.
During
the
meeting,
Chibaya
allegedly
incited
violence
through
saying,
“Chi
regime
chinotya
vanhu,
chikaona
vanhu
chinobvunda,
Havana
kuhwina
maelections,
togona
kufuma
tavakutonga,
Zimbabwe
haisi
yeZanu
PF,
Zimbabwe
is
not
a
Mnangagwa
Dynasty
zvekumbunyikidza
vanhu
zvinofanira
kupera.”
Loosely
translated,
Chibaya
allegedly
talked
down
the
Zanu
PF
led
government
headed
by
President
Mnangagwa
whom
he
accused
of
stealing
elections
and
that
it
could
find
itself
out
of
power
the
next
day
in
place
of
the
main
opposition.
He
allegedly
declared
it
was
time
the
state
stopped
trampling
on
citizens’
freedoms.
It
is
further
alleged
Chibaya
invited
citizens
to
come
in
large
numbers
to
demand
the
release
of
their
colleagues.
“As
a
result
of
the
incitement,
some
people
at
the
meeting
promised
Chibaya
to
take
the
prisoners
out
by
force
by
saying
in
vernacular
‘tichavatora
Nechisimba,
eheeee’”.