Mwonzora recalls Mudzuri from senate

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Soon after having been dismissed from the Movement of Democratic Change where he was vice president, Engineer Elias Mudzuri has also been recalled from Senate where he got a seat on the party’s ticket.

The development was communicated by deputy speaker of Senate, Sen. Michael Nyambuya, who advised the house that a vacancy had since arisen following the recall of Senator Mudzuri.

In a notice to the Senate on Tuesday, February 14, Sen. Nyambuya said the MDC-T informed him last week on Monday that Sen Mudzuri ceased to be a member of the party with effect from February 1 and as stipulated in Section 129 (I) (K) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, a vacancy in the senate has since arisen.

“I have to inform the House that on the 6th of February, 2023, I was notified by the Movement for Democratic Change that with effect from the 1st of February, 2023, Hon. Sen. Eng. Elias Mudzuri ceased to be a member of the MDC party.

“Accordingly, Section 129 (1) (K) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe applies, it provides that: ‘A seat of a Member of Parliament becomes vacant if the Member has ceased to belong to the political party of which he or she was a member when elected to Parliament and the political party concerned, by written notice to the Speaker or the President of the Senate, as the case may be, has declared that the member has ceased to belong to it,” said Sen Nyambuya.

He indicated he will soon execute the necessary administrative measures to inform President Mnangagwa, and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) of the existence of the vacancy in line with the Electoral Act, [Chapter 2:13].