The famous Kariba pastor who last year told President Robert Mugabe to his face to resign, Patrick Mugadza, was today forcibly taken away by police officers.
Pastor Mugadza was protesting with several women in Unity Square campaigning for the rights of cancer patients.
Protest coordinator and leader Lynnette Mudehwe seen in pictures as Pastor Mugadza was whisked away, told ZimEye.com the 31 protesters were raided in Africa Unity Square this afternoon.

“Right now we are in Africa Unity Square, and the riot police has just dispersed people who wanted to pray,” said Mudehwe.
She continued, “Right now I can’t even tell you where Patson is, and where the pastor is,” she added.
Indications at the time of writing suggested the pastor had been taken to Harare Central Police station. However, no trace of the man could be obtained at the place.
In a statement The Zimbabwe Women in Politics said it is “deeply concerned with government negligence and denial of Zimbabwean citizens to their constitutional right to health exhibited by its wanton failure to urgently resuscitate or replace one of the only two radio therapy machines the Ministry of health has to treat cancer patients”.
Linda Tsungirirai Masarira, founder and national coordinator of ZWIPA said government must honor its mandate to ensure the ministry of health is fully capacitated to discharge its duties especially to critical patients like those affected by cancer. “Every Zimbabwean has a right to health, the radiotherapy machine for cancer patients at Parirenyatwa hospital has been down for the past four days. It is not the first time; this machine is always down posing a threat to the premature loss of life of cancer patients. It is the responsibility of the Minister of health to ensure that all cancer patients receive and get the treatment they need,
“Do we have a Minister of Health in Zimbabwe? Why is the Ministry of Health silent when cancer patients are not being afforded proper and sound health care because of their incompetence and lack of sound health ethics”, said Linda.
It is disheartening that the government of Zimbabwe splashes money on trivial matters at the expense of basic healthcare services of Zimbabwean citizens. Zimbabweans are being denied their constitutional right as enshrined in section 76 of Zimbabwe’s constitution on the RIGHT TO HEALTHCARE. The money that was used to celebrate Mugabe’s birthday should have been used to acquire radiotherapy machines for cancer patients. Mphoko should immediately vacate rainbow towers and that money used to pay for his lavish hotel lifestyle should be channeled to assisting cancer patients in Zimbabwe.
“I am challenging Dr. David Parirenyatwa to ensure that, the radiotherapy machine is fixed by Friday.  Failure to do so , ZWIPA women are taking to the streets to demonstrate against the government of Zimbabwe and the Ministry of Health. It is the responsibility of the government to ensure that cancer patients are afforded basic healthcare services”, she said.
Radiotherapy treatment is very critical for cancer patients. It is sad that the government of Zimbabwe is silent about cancer patients and their treatment yet they are fully aware that there are only two radiotherapy machines in Zimbabwe. One machine is at Parirenyatwa Hospital and the only machine that caters for all patients suffering from cancer the whole of Zimbabwe whilst the other one is at Karanda Mission Hospital in Mount Darwin, the statement narrated stating.