The bail ruling for MDC duo which was set to occur yesterday finally occurred today. Joanna Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri were finally granted bail. The duo was arrested under allegations of undermining police authority.
Yesterday the bail ruling was postponed as Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi is said to have succumbed to a toothache. Fortunately for the MDC duo, the ruling was favourable. They were finally granted bail of $20 000 each. However, the Judge made it a point to express the distastefulness of the duo’s behaviour during court proceedings. He said their conduct was “testing the court’s patience.”
It has been a roller-coaster of a ride for the two MDC Alliance females. For instance, Joanna Mamombe is reported to have appeared in court 129 times over a period of just 12 months. Each of these times she was denied bail. In addition, she experienced challenges related to her own ailments while in prison.
Both ladies were also caught up in a heated brawl with the police over their leaked nudes in March 2021. They slapped Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe and police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga with a lawsuit of $15 million for allegedly circulating the nudes.
So this bail ruling must have come as a huge relief to them.
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