Mafume convicted for giving false home address, fined US$300

By Staff Reporter

Harare mayor Jacob Mafume has been found guilty for giving false information on his home address when he appeared recently before the Justice Maphios Cheda led Commission of Inquiry which is looking into Harare’s administrative affairs.

The Commission found the CCC official guilty of breaching Section 13 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, in particular, lying under oath.

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For that, the mayor was sentenced to paying a fine of US$300 or serving 3 months of imprisonment with labour.

The sentence was wholly suspended on the condition that he does not commit the same offence again within the next 5 years.

In mitigation, Mafume “extended his heartfelt apologies the Commission for the misleading information”.

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He prayed for a reprimand instead which he said will serve the justice of the case.

Mafume said he is a “lawyer of standing”, a family man with two children, and has been working for the city for years as both councillor and mayor.

He also said he owned two vehicles, a property which he co-owns with his wife.

In pronouncing sentence, the Commission said it had taken his mitigation into consideration.

“The Commission imposes the following sentence on you; that you Mr Jacob Mafume you are sentenced to pay a fine of $300 or three months in prison with labour which is wholly suspended for 5 years on condition that during that period you are not convicted of contravening sections 13 or 14 of the Commissioners of Inquiry Act which upon conviction and sentence you are sentenced to a period of imprisonment not exceeding $300 or three months imprisonment,” the Commission said.