Businessman refuses to pay Gono for supplied chickens

A LOCAL businessman, Chester Mhende, who was last year taken to court by former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono’s Lunar Chickens (Pvt) Ltd, over a $104 000 debt, says he will not settle the amount because the claim had lapsed according to law.

In his response to the claim, through his lawyers, Mandizha and Company, Mhende said: “The defendant (Mhende) specially pleads that taken and read as the claim currently stands, the same has prescribed leaving plaintiff (Lunar Chickens) with no recourse to the courts.

“The defendant, accordingly, specifically pleads that the claim should be dismissed with costs.”

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