Biti Accuses Sharpe’s Aide Aleshina of Interfering With State Institutions
By Court Reporter
Top Harare lawyer Tendai Biti has accused Pokugara Properties chief operations officer and Kenneth Raydon Sharpe business associate Tatiana Aleshina of violating the country’s laws and interfering with state institutions to her advantage.
Biti who is facing assault charges for allegedly assaulting Aleshina made the claim before Harare Magistrate Wongai Guwuriro Muchuchuti where he is seeking referral to the Constitutional Court.
Biti said Aleshina had an agreement with former Harare City councilor Warship Dumba who had chaired the Special Investigations Committee on Land Sales in Harare.
“Where any individual pays to induce someone for a contract that inducement is known as a bribe. The agreement between the complainant and Dumba is unlawful and is a bribe. How many other persons have been paid, it can only be answered by a forensic investigation of all the land that was given to Augur Investments for the Airport Road.
“The point I wish to make for the purposes of my application is that anyone in the position of the complainant who can engage in this level of corruption with the known cancerous effect of corruption in our country that all the authorities have spoken to it. I can’t possibly be safe your worship because I don’t know who else she has paid because the evidence that I demonstrate is she pays people with valuable consideration she has plenty of land. The evidence that I lead is that she paid people to get several pieces of land, I don’t know who else has been paid therefore I need protection from such a person your worship,” said Biti
He added “It’s also her reckless disregard to our own institutions. The respondent is dealing with public institution city of Harare, Deeds office, Zimra, local government ministry and the ministry of finance. Courts, High Court, the Supreme Court, Zimbabwe Investment Authority now Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA). She violates individuals, institutions then the laws of Zimbabwe including the urban councils act.”
