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Dema Accident: American Diplomat's Immunity Not Absolute, Says Zimbabwean Official

7 months agoSat, 10 Aug 2024 10:16:56 GMT
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Dema Accident: American Diplomat's Immunity Not Absolute, Says Zimbabwean Official

A senior Zimbabwean government official says foreign diplomats do not enjoy absolute diplomatic immunity as protected by the Vienna Convention.

This comes after an incident where a diplomat from the United States Embassy in Harare, Eric Kimpton, ran over and killed an 11-year-old girl in Dema in June 2024.

Speaking on a Star FM radio program, Albert Chimbindi, the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, explained that while diplomats worldwide enjoy immunity from both criminal and civil proceedings, this immunity can be revoked subject to certain laid-down procedures.

In this case, Kimpton, shielded by diplomatic immunity, left Zimbabwe with his family before the legal process was completed.

Chimbindi said the government has since engaged with the US embassy in Harare over Kimpton’s departure before the case is finalised. He said (via The Herald):

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We all share the agony and grief that the bereaved family is going through. Of course, we are dealing with a diplomat and you rightfully pointed at the Vienna Convention. But the convention does not give total immunity from some of these issues you are discussing.

Of course, there are certain processes that we have to follow in line with the Vienna Convention on diplomatic practices. So, we have engaged the US embassy and continue to do so.

One of the first duties and responsibility of a diplomat is to observe the laws of an accrediting country, so that is standard operating procedure.

Even though they enjoy diplomatic immunity, there are also responsibilities and obligations that are attendant to that immunity.

… we are pursuing the matter and as you can see it was covered widely in the press but the Ministry and the Government at large are doing everything that should be done to ensure some recourse and closure is found.

Kimpton ran over and killed 11-year-old Ruvarashe Takamhanya in Dema in June 2024.

Ruvarashe was a student at Marikopo Primary School, located near the Dema Business Centre, and was staying with her grandmother, 63-year-old Gogo Beaular Machingura, at the time of the fatal accident.

Though the U.S. diplomat did contribute funds towards Ruvarashe’s funeral wake through the embassy, he did not meet with the bereaved family to offer condolences, nor did he visit the site where the young girl was laid to rest.

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56 Comments

kwachu · 7 months ago
zanu pf killed more than Kimpton
𝕸𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖆𝖟𝖆 · 7 months ago
An accident is an accident. The fact that the American diplomat was involved shouldn't send our tongues wagging. Americans are smarter and responsible people they're going to solve the issue amicable with the bereaved family.
Anonymous · 7 months ago
"...Americans are smarter and responsible people..." The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Uri ****.
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 7 months ago
Bhunu harina basa nemunhu asina ganda jena. All they care about is the protection of their selfish desires
BIG T 🫖☕🍵 The only big boy in town · 7 months ago
vanhu avana moyo sure
WV · 7 months ago
....No doubt you also realize that the Americans do not care about people's death as long as they are not Americans.
KG · 7 months ago
pamunopihwa food n medical drugs munenge muchitorerei if you say they don't care about people's death
Antman · 7 months ago
They have been receiving ****s and enjoying life, USAid and other US projects and when we start accusing then we act as if the US is useless. No more free ****s in the coming year and that might hsrm our pockets. Drought is being cushioned by them even though ZANU PF re distribute under the ZANU PF name. It's all about helping each other without neighbors help and other countries help we would be suffering now. Malawi maize Donations, Russia wheat donations, US aid in food and funds, wtc that's how we live to see another day
Antman · 7 months ago
They have been receiving ****s and enjoying life, USAid and other US projects and when we start accusing then we act as if the US is useless. No more free ****s in the coming year and that might hsrm our pockets. Drought is being cushioned by them even though ZANU PF re distribute under the ZANU PF name. It's all about helping each other without neighbors help and other countries help we would be suffering now. Malawi maize Donations, Russia wheat donations, US aid in food and funds, wtc that's how we live to see another day
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 7 months ago
@VW you're right. These are the agents of the devil. Ma direct descendants chaiwo. Vane miswe ye barbed wire vakarehwa na chunx
WV · 7 months ago
Corruptmore's claim of many human rights violations being committed by our government is coming out of utter ignorance of the real definition of such. Did you know the US has the worst human rights record in the world? Look at the wars the US is causing and funding across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Please would you dare note that it is human life lost in all these conflicts.
. · 7 months ago
Two wrongs don't make no right
Corruptmore Looto · 7 months ago
Those wars are being waged by different groups, US soldiers are not the ones fighting them, those groups can ceasefire anytime, if they want to continue fighting and the US government offers its assistance then they only have their warmongering selves to blame. Another thing, l only care how my government treats its citizens, not what the US government is engaging in, that's for its citizens to fight against like as you have seen with those campus protests. I also don't consider it to be some angel just like all the other governments the world over, my concern is calling out my government when it starts to abuse its citizens. Just look at the South African government do you see opposition supporters being totally harassed or being denied government food aid bcs of supporting some else, all we ask is a level playing field is that too much to ask
😜 · 7 months ago
What about those that killed 20000 pple, how does the international criminal court protect them.
zrp · 7 months ago
Grace ngaatange anotongwa ku SA ne mhosva yekurova mwana
zim · 7 months ago
lets unite Zimbabweans lets forcus with Americans to do something not to say the culprit must came back never
Dhadza · 7 months ago
Opposition parties muripi ko? Tipei side renyu tinzwe vana vedu vapedzwa muroad nema Americans.
Leos G · 7 months ago
imi makapedza vangani kusvika parinhasi kwete zve accident
· 7 months ago
@Dhadza, this ZANU piyefu junta is making a mountain out of a molehill.. ZANU murdered Mboneni Ncube. Did anyone from ZANU sent condolences to the Ncube family? NO. Actually the junta barred CCC mourners from attending both the funeral and. Memorial Service. In addition the family is being denied food aid because Mboneni was CCC. Mobby Ali was murdered in cold blood by a ZANU activist. Ditto. The ZANU military junta mowed down protesters in August 2018 and January 2019, did ZANU do or say anything? NO. Did any ZANU functionary attend ANY of the funerals? A big fat NO. The Monthlante Commission made recommendations including charging perpetrators and compensation of victims families. Has ZANU junta done anything about that? NO 30 000 Gukurahundi massacres❗❗❗ Has this ZANU junta even acknowledged its wrongdoing, let alone apologise? 30 000, and you want us to comment on one victim whose Embassy has no only engaged the family on behalf of their employee! 30.000 I shall not speak.
🤪 · 7 months ago
30 000, 40000, 60000, 100000, 120000, okuliqiniso ngamanga, liyanya, ama figures ompentsho kuphela, hee 20000 kunyiwa kuphela alikwazi okwenzakalayo full the fu. Cking stop
freedom of expression · 7 months ago
not so long ago one of the former president's sons was found in possession of illegal drugs in China .... the Chinese law states that if one is found in possession of these they should be hanged but was he brought to book? on a different case but the same culprits a video circulated on social media the aforementioned person in company of his brother looked heavily drunk and jumped on people's vehicles but i never heard of them being prosecuted and they did the same here in Zimbabwe in Avondale...so let's just accept that diplomatic immunity is real.....Learn or Perish
freedom of expression · 7 months ago
There's nothing unique about this case accidents do happen in our roads almost everyday...Condolences to the bereaved family and also rest in peace to the victim.....i feel like if this Kimpton guy stayed he would've been detained, it looks like someone is trying to make a political score here... i read the last paragraph and all that is being said there is absolute nonsense... He already engaged the family through the embassy what more do they want... seing where the victim was buried doesn't bring her back to life...lastly he's not the first diplomat to exercise his immunity the fact that he was allowed to board a plane means he wasn't guilty of anything because I'm sure by the time he left @zrp was already handling the case....i once did some construction work at holiday inn and we barrier taped the area we were working on so that we wouldn't be disturbed we then took a break by the time we got back we found a Toyota land cruiser Prado belonging to our very own Diplomat yarova barrier tape and it destroyed our equipment we tried to engage the person responsible since he was still in the car he was very drunk and being unreasonable... in the process i then noticed his vehicle third plate was inscribed Diplomat ndikatoona kut nyaya yacho yakatofa we then engaged the hotel's management and they said they would charge this guy for the damaged equipment since he had an apartment there but up to this day we never received any updates on the case this all happened dome
Corruptmore Looto · 7 months ago
Ataura maFacts munhu uyo, iwe busy kungotuka tipewo kaa maFacts anoBacker your argument kwete kungowawata
Leos G · 7 months ago
asvotwa nechokwadi bharanzi uyo ☝️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
.... · 7 months ago
@ corrupt looto what facts do you have ,you are brain washed by these American but hauna mukanwa wekubva kuzengeza kwauri uchien**** .you are an idi.ot who just support wrong things.May be it is Zimbabwean politics that makes you to lose human heart uno supporter muAmerican uchisiya weganda rako shame on you I don't care what you feel ,you opposition minded cat,bonga
Corruptmore Looto · 7 months ago
Iwe you are also brainwashed by Zanu, how many people did they kill or assault in 2008, don't you think their families are still waiting for justice now. Inini ndokwanisa kutobva kuzengeza kwangu ndichienda US 😂😂, if the opportunity comes l will go, handizi pamaSanctions kaa ini 😅😅. As zveGanda izvo vanhu vanzwa nekuoneswa moto neZanu, enda unovaudza kuti don't do that your keen kwete kuudza inini izvozvo
....@corrupt lotoo · 7 months ago
mfana uri ****
44yrs · 7 months ago
Hope he will just visit the family and pay condolences
👀👀 · 7 months ago
Dai riri diplomat remu Zim rakanotsika munhu muchena ku America dai news idzodzo dzaakubhowa even kuFrance 24 chaiko,but its funny hapana ekisheni irikutorwa
.... · 7 months ago
i**** vanhu àva vanosupporter zvisinabasa
freedom of expression · 7 months ago
even here in Zimbabwe they're not brought to book.....passion java is not a diplomat but one of the vehicles on his motorcade ran over a person was he or the one who was behind the wheel prosecuted.... Learn or Perish
Anonymous · 7 months ago
The American Diplomat will never be tried this case is similar to the Harry Dunn case in the UK where an American diplomat's wife struck and killed Harry Dunn while driving on the wrong side of the road she fled to America citing diplomatic immunity the Americans refused to hand her over for trial in the UK today she is scott free in America up to this day.
nde · 7 months ago
ndiko,ndiko kunokune zvako hatidi kupedzera vavedu Nemabvakure
. · 7 months ago
I blame the Zim government for the accident. They should have put a controlled crossing and deployed crossing marshals.
Si**** · 7 months ago
Zanu ndonga yakatopihwa mari kare kare kufunga kwenyu munoti munhu acommiter crime yakadaro angatadze kubata here
mafia trying their luck · 7 months ago
somebody in mafia govt here is looking for a bribe and then they will be happy and quiet , unfortunately these mafia here are not going to get any offers of money from usa ....
Voltaire · 7 months ago
That Dema accident story is only one sided,,,tiudzei chakaita kuti mwana iyeye atsikwe. Its obvious the American diplomat didn't do it intentionally. The Police should investigate
Anonymous · 7 months ago
Uri****
edx · 7 months ago
Iwe @antman makadyiswa nevarungu here dai ukadashurirwa mukadzi nomuchena because unokoniwa kutaura justice dai Ari munhu we zanu atsika mwana muchiwawata kutaura nekuti muAmerican watsika gudo nhaika musati provocar vana vasatani tinozviziva makabva kunorova makuva makagarwa nemweya yasekuru vakafa vari mutengesi
Corruptmore Looto · 7 months ago
Welcome to Zim where the division is real. Supporters of Zanu will never acknowledge that the government or its allies i.e the Chinese can ever do wrong and in the same vein opposition supporters will never acknowledge their allies to be in the wrong either. We are here because of toxic politics so we deal with it because we created the toxic politics in the first place, where we link everything to them VS us
Gangarahwe · 7 months ago
hamufunge komuredhi
Corruptmore Looto · 7 months ago
Shaa ndizvo zviripo apa, we live in a hypocritic world. People are naturally inclined to protect their own saka don't expect anything different here
Anonymous · 7 months ago
"It's obvious the American diplomat didn't do it intentionally" The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed
Anonymous · 7 months ago
Munhu uyu ngaadzoke kuno kuZimbabwe atongwe,nyaya iyi yopera hayo kuitira kuti isarambe ichingotaurwa taurwa.
...,. · 7 months ago
is visiting the bereaved family and seeing where a person was laid a world wide custom or an African custom, or just a Zimbabwean custom? if that is what is done in Zimbabwe, do we know how they do it in America? in Zimbabwe is that custom done only for road accidents?
... · 7 months ago
Never mind what they do in America but there is a statement says when you go to Rome do what Romans do Saka ngaauye haatsike mwana otadza kubhadhara kuviga hako Take for instance dai aiva mwana wavo atsikwa nemuforeigner what would they do, they just fold their ,iwee☝️☝️
🧐 🤔 🤨 🙄 · 7 months ago
If we are in Rome...... Yes, that's the same way we should define democracy, if you are in Zim wotsveyamisa muromo uchiwanza masasi e ma protests, kusunga ndiwo unotove mutemo wacho, remember POSA, yakazo upgrade wa kuve MOPA. Ma Americans akange achiri kuedza ku corrector POSA according to their own was, so they lost track and condemn anything perceived as regime tailored
Corruptmore Looto · 7 months ago
He isn't coming back so stop wasting your time discussing it. The British couldn't do it so what makes you think a tiny country like ours can force America's hand
Corruptmore Looto · 7 months ago
😂😂 If insulting me makes you feel better then do it as much as you heart contents. But the truth remains that you can't touch him. This is why it's important to develop a country so that you can have some punch and moral ground. Who will listen to a regime known for soo many human rights violations
Leos G · 7 months ago
kkkkk ane bitterness bharanzi uyo haana kana mafacts ☝️

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