A Hurungwe Chief Outlaws Growing Mhunga In His Area, Summons Defiant Couple For Trial
Chief Chundu (born Abel Mbasera) in Hurungwe will today conduct a trial where a couple, will stand trial for growing Mhunga (finger millet) which he outlawed in his area saying its a taboo.
This was posted on Facebook by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human rights which said the couple, would stand trial in Hurungwe this afternoon for growing millet. The couple Ishemel Madhuviko nd his wife Prosper Mashanda will also answer another case in which they are accused of trying to speak to the traditional leader using a cellphone.
According to ZLHR:
Besides answering to the charge of growing millet crop in Chief Chundu’s area, the couple will also answer to charges of communicating with the traditional leader over the phone, asking his wife’s brother, who is employed as a police officer to plead with the Chief to persuade him to reconsider his decision ordering the destruction of the millet crop, threatening anyone who will attempt to destroy the millet crop and for informing his lawyers from Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights about the Chief’s decision to outlaw the growing of millet crop in his area.
Chief Chundu’s decision to outlaw the growing of small grains, which is purportedly a “traditional” belief, where the growing of millet is considered taboo and which was practiced during the colonial era, is at variance with government, which in recent years has been aggressively advocating and promoting the growing of small grains, which are drought resistant crops in order to alleviate hunger and enhance food security in the wake of successive droughts and to mitigate the effects of climate change in Zimbabwe.
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In the meantime, the government is urging people to produce small grains in order to curtail the effects of the drought and also have enough food on the table.
Source: ZHRL
