Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. By Tonderai Saharo – THE MDC Alliance’s Chiredzi Rural District Council (RDC) Ward 18 councillor and Masvingo provincial youth league secretary general Gilbert Mutubuki, has been granted bail of $5 000.
Mutubuki was arrested Monday and appeared before a Chiredzi Magistrate Patience Madondo Tuesday charged with inciting public violence.
He will be back in court on May 9 together with nine other MDC Alliance activists who were arrested on the same charges.
He is accused of addressing a gathering at Mhandamabwe in Chivi district in February.
His lawyer, Martin Mureri of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said his client had been charged for addressing a gathering with the intention of causing public violence and his application for bail was granted by the court.
