TWELVE illegal Malawi immigrants were sentenced to three months in prison by a Mutoko magistrate for illegally staying in Zimbabwe.

Eunice Chikwa, Zione Banda, Miriam Chinya, Yonasi Odeta, Judith Saopa, Dyson Gondwani, Agnes Ndembo, Markson Jamali, Jaima Bible, Mariki Yusamu, Kecious Bakuwo and Macheso Cassimu pleaded guilty to the charge.

The court heard that on August 4, police received information that the convicts were residing in Nyamapanda without permits and arrested them.

— Simba Sithole