Court picks flaws in DCEC’s teeth

In two different judgments, the courts took a swipe at the DCEC and, by implication, the State’s prosecuting machinery, being the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). “In summary, the Applicants’ complaint is that while they acknowledge and respect the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC)’s investigative mandate under its Act what they cannot accept is the manner in which such a mandate has been exercised in their case i.e.

unlawfully and arbitrarily (without warrants) leading to devastating economic and constitutional consequences,” Judge Barnabas Nyamadzabo outlined in the now being appealed ruling that declared Mzwinila’s passport flagging unlawful, interdicted warrantless searches and ordered the return of seized property. According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health…