By Own Correspondent| MDC Alliance National Organising Secretary Amos Chibaya has revealed that the coalition was going ahead with their Kwekwe “Thank You” rally despite the refusal by police to give the Alliance clearance for the event.

The ZRP denied the Alliance clearance to host the rally arguing that there was typhoid outbreak in the province.

Chibaya argued that under the law, police had no authority to stop such a gathering.

He said:

“We are going ahead with the rally. Preparations are in progress and as the national organiser, I will hold a meeting in Kwekwe today (yesterday) to make sure all is in place for the rally.

We have also notified our legal team and they are preparing papers to launch an urgent High Court application to have the rally cleared by the police.

There is no typhoid in Kwekwe, but there are some cases in Gweru. Ironically, there will be a match between Chapungu and Triangle at Ascot Stadium at the weekend, but the police found it fit to bar our rally (in Kwekwe) on the grounds that there will be a typhoid outbreak.

Churches are holding gatherings in the province and they are allowed to do so, and so typhoid can only spread at an MDC Alliance rally. Mnangagwa knows he did not win this election.

So they want to stop us from meeting our supporters because they are afraid we will tell them the truth and in anger, they can protest.”