“Sanitise Chikurubi Maximum Prison”: Court Rules
25 August 2020
By Fanuel Chinowaita- Magistrate Ncube has ordered the immediate sanitisation of prison cells at Maximum Chikurubi today.
Ncube responded to MDC Alliance National Deputy Chairperson Job Sikhala’s order that the cells should be fumigated.
Through Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Sikhala said:
“I do not feel safe being detained at Chikurubi prison and i want to be detained anywhere else except Chikurubi.
“The State must also fumigate cells and provide PPE to inmates.”
It is reported that Sikhala was locked, in the D class section of Chikurubi where four inmates had tested Covid 19 positive.
The Zengeza West legislator was not given Personal Protective Equipment exposing him to the disease.
The MDC Alliance National Deputy Chairperson was arrested a few days ago when a safe house he was staying in was raided by state agents.
He is being charged with inciting violence. The development comes as Sikhala endorsed the 31 July demonstrations called by Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume and Freelance Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono.
Meanwhile, police officers severely assaulted Sikhala’s supporters outside the court before arresting them.