Redcliff, Mbizo MPs face fresh charges

MDC legislators Lloyd Mukapiko (Redcliff) and Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo), who are facing charges of attempting to subvert a constitutionally-elected government, have been slapped with new charges.

They were first arrested on January 15 after the fuel price hike protests that turned violent facing allegations of addressing people in Kwekwe on January 12 and urging them to engage in violent protests so as to subvert the government. They went on to languish at Kwekwe Remand Prison for 19 days after being denied bail by a local magistrate, only to be granted liberty at the Bulawayo High Court.

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