Lawyers Approach Courts Over $2 000 Fine For Using Mshika-Shika
The Human Rights NGO Forum has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to stop the police from arresting and fining hitch-hikers the $2 000.
Last week, police cracked on Mshika-Shika and impounded about 20 vehicles while nearly 200 passengers were fined $2 000 each.
The government last year banned private-owned buses, taxis, and commuter omnibuses (kombis) as a measure to curb the spread and transmission of the coronavirus.
Defiant kombi, bus and taxi operators, however, continued operating while evading authorities.
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In some instances, the police would chase them resulting in accidents that have claimed many lives.
Last week’s crack on Mshika-Shika left commuters stranded at Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) terminuses as the parastatal was overwhelmed.
Commuters spent hours in stretched queues sparking outrage.
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