CMED (Private) Limited is demanding $700 000 from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) over unpaid fees for vehicles hired for use during elections.
CMED (Private) Limited hired out vehicles to ZEC and billed the commission $766 509 as hiring fees. ZEC did not pay the money resulting in CMED filing summons for provisional sentence based on a liquid document. through its lawyers T.K Hove and Partners. According to the claim, ZEC signed an acknowledgement of debt, but failed to pay up. CMED lawyers filed a claim for the principal debt plus interest calculated at the rate of five percent from the date of issuance of summons to the date of payment in full.
The case is yet to be determined by the High Court. Prior to the issuance of the summons, CMED wrote to ZEC demanding payment of the debt.
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