Talking of serious corruption…sorry ehh stealing, if not robbery

November 14, 2008 by Liberty Chirove ·
Filed under: Strange but true

Read this carefully. You might be a victim someday. Last Saturday, I woke up early to get into town, so as to go to Masvingo where I had some bigger plans going on. I had no Z$ on me, but carried a ‘reasonable’ sum of ‘greens and marara’, so life gets easier for me on the road. Buses and lifts are being charged especially in R (the Masvingo route).

Well, it happened this way. I was with this friend of mine. I realised I didn’t even have the Z$ to board a kombi to Mbudzi- to catch a lift to Masvingo. My friend gave me Z$. Along the way…when we were parting, I reached out for my wallet, and pulled out a ‘green note’, and handed it to him. I walked along Chinhoyi St. from Speke to R.Mugabe, (just near where I wanted to board a kombi) when I realised I was being followed…by a uniformed policeman. He stopped me and said, “What did you do?” Three more uniformed and one plain clothed officers appeared, with one accusing me of trading in forex. One shouted I should be handcuffed.

We walked to the Charge Office, as I resisted arrest and moreover their allegations. They said I would not win the case (against 5 officers), come we get into the police station, and all my forex ‘yaitozonyura’.

When we were at the station, they asked for all the money I had before locking me up. One of the ppolicemen counted all the money, and said to me,” Let’s lock him up in the dark room. have you ever been in the dark room? This is your last chance, coz ‘hautambike newe’. How much do you want to give us? We are 5. We want $US10 each. I am giving you back your wallet, and you give us. You might say that we took money from you, you hand it to us.” I pulled out US$50, and it was gone….for nothing. Thus when they let go of me.

Perhaps, our governor should have relaxed his forex laws, moreover since people are now buying and selling in forex. A lot of law enforcements agents are now ‘making free forex’ by raiding forex traders and unsuspecting individuals.

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