CCC claims police disrupting campaigns with arbitrary arrests

BY VANESSA GONYE
OPPOSITION Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) has bemoaned disruption of its campaigns by the police and arbitrary arrest of its members and civic groups that are conducting voter education campaigns.

CCC national organiser Amos Chibaya, who is also the Mkoba constituency candidate for the party, told NewsDay that they were being deterred from freely holding campaign rallies.

On Sunday, 10 CCC supporters were arrested in Mkoba, Gweru, as they were conducting a roadshow to canvass for votes ahead of the March 26 by-elections.

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