ZANU PF MP for Goromonzi West, Beatrice Nyamupinga, will have some of her property auctioned this week over a vehicle she seized from a local company.
The company, Backladen Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, won a High Court challenge against the MP and has instructed Ruby Auction to demand $19 000 from Nyamupinga, which it claims is the value of the vehicle, a Nissan NP 300.
The firm told the court that it bought the vehicle from Linda Chivandire and loaned it to the late Theophilus Melusi, a friend to the company's director Walter Madiro.
Nyamupinga allegedly took the vehicle in March 2010 from Melusi. The company instituted legal proceedings against Nyamupinga in December 2010 in order for her to return the vehicle.
Nyamupinga reportedly opposed the application and told the court that she was holding the vehicle as security for $24 000 Melusi owed her.
According to the notice for the auction in the press, Nyamupinga will lose her five-piece kitchen set, four garden chairs and a TV stand.
The vehicle was involved in an accident and was damaged beyond repair, according to the company. The company said it never allowed Melusi to pledge the vehicle as security for his personal debt.
However, Nyamupinga rejected the company's averments and made a counter claim, demanding payment of her $24 000.
"The motor vehicle in question is over six years of age and taking into account depreciation it had no book value left at all," Nyamupinga told the court.
She said, her belief was that Melusi was one of the company directors and their agreement was that she would only release the vehicle after being paid back her $24 000.
Another Zanu PF MP, Munyaradzi Kereke, will also have his property auctioned for an undisclosed debt to Diagnostic Laboratory Suppliers.
According to the notice, a Mammomant machine (breast cancer detector) will be auctioned by Ruby Auctions on behalf of the sheriff of the High Court. Kereke's Rock Foundation Medical Centre has been in financial doldrums of late with some workers dragging the company to court over non-payment of salaries.