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Daniel Kachere Court Correspondent
Three people appeared in court recently for unlawfully occupying a piece of land belonging to Zanu-PF Central Committee member and Buhera North legislator Cde William Mutomba.

Augustine Chikwara (36), Tendai Mubhandi (30) and Pamela Jackfama Kumpanyira (30) face charges of contravening section 3 (1) of the Gazetted Land (Consequential Provisions) Act Chapter 20:28 — Occupation of gazetted land without lawful authority.

The trio was granted $500 bail each and ordered to report every Friday at CID Law and Order. They will be back in court on September 29 for trial.

The trio formed Mirandu Youth Housing Cooperative together with seven others still at large.

They identified the remainder of Eyre Court Farm in Waterfalls measuring 72 hectares, a gazetted piece of land belonging to the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing which they subdivided into residential stands.

These were then allocated to members of the cooperative .

The land was being leased to Cde Mutomba with an option to purchase it.

The court heard that Cde Mutomba visited the place in June and discovered that it had been occupied and reported to the police.