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| The justice delivery system in Zimbabwe is crippled |
Zimbabwe has witnessed for so many years a number
of some top Zanu PF officials and activists who have committed murders and
other hideous crimes but have not been arrested or tried instead they are seen
walking freely .
One example I can give to raise my concern
is the issue on Joseph Mwale, a CIO agent who allegedly brutally murdered two
top MDC-T activists who were burnt to ashes in a petrol bombing in 2000.In 2006
the police are said to have brushed away the written order from the Attorney
General’s office to arrest Mwale.In the same year, although the high court
judge Justice James Devitte ordered Mwale to be brought to trial, that has not
taken place up to now.
What bothers me is that Mwale, an alleged
murderer has reportedly been promoted within the CIO ranks and has been
recently been given the honour to being a part of Prime Minister Morgan
Tsvangirai’s security team. Up to now, Mwale has remained free, his co-accused
was indicted to two counts of murder in 2004 but he was never arrested. The
other three Zanu PF activists who are also accused of being the perpetrators of
the murder alongside Mwale are still free on bail and there is no sign that the
case will proceed. Their crimes have just been swept under the carpet and Mwale
has suddenly emerged as an innocent man without even a smear of blood on his
hands.
The form of justice delivery system in
Zimbabwe is crippled, those in power can easily get away with murder without
being made accountable for their crimes. That makes me wonder if there would
ever be any justice in Zimbabwe, where every individual who commits a crime is
made to face the full wrath of the law regardless of class, race or gender. If
that would ever happen then it would have taken a big step needed for a
positive change.
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