THE High Court has ordered the reinstatement of former Gweru mayor, Hamutendi Kombayi and ward 4 councillor, Kenneth Sithole, fired early this year by Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere for alleged criminal abuse of office.

By Stephen Chadenga

In a judgment delivered yesterday, Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nicholas Mathonsi said the two MDC-T councillors had been fired unjustifiably and ordered their immediate reinstatement without loss of allowances and benefits.

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