Obert gutu biography

Obert Chaurura Gutu is a Zimbabwean lawyer, politician and a former member of MDC-T where he was the party's vice president.
Obert Chaurura Gutu studied for his Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Laws degrees at the University of Zimbabwe between the period 1982 to 1986.
Zimbabwean politician.

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Obert Chaurura Gutu studied for his Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Laws degrees at the University of Zimbabwe between the period 1982 to 1986. In 2011 he submitted a Masters of Philosophy degree thesis specialising on the Constitutional amendments in Zimbabwe between the period 1980 to the year 2000. He is the senior and founding partner at Gutu and Chikowero Law Firm; a law firm that he founded in October 1990. Before that, he was a Public Prosecutor whose main responsibilities included perusing crime dockets from the Police, liaising with Police Investigating Officers, interviewing State witnesses and prosecuting in Court. He prosecuted at both the Harare Magistrates’ Court and Mbare Magistrates’ Court between the period 1985 to 1987. In July 1987, he joined one of the largest black-owned Law Firms, Chirunda, Chihambakwe and Partners as a Professional Assistant. He was mainly responsible for researching, preparing letters and pleadings and representing clients in Labour Courts, Magistrates Courts and all the s

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MY political activism dates back to the late 1970s when I actively participated in the armed liberation struggle as a young mujibha attending pungwes in my rural area in Gutu district, Masvingo province.

Sometime in 1979, when I was still in my teens, I had my first harsh encounter with the racist colonial police.

One of my maternal uncles, the late Raphael Mushava, was employed as a medical assistant at Mvuma District Hospital.

Then, I was a school boy at Fletcher High School in Gweru and during some school holidays, I would stay with my maternal uncle and his family in Mvuma.

Along with a group of other young and radical black youths, one day we picked up a quarrel with the white district commissioner, who stayed at a house somewhere in that small town.

He was a rabid racist who was in the habit of routinely ill-treating and harassing black residents.

He was a much hated man within the predominantly black community.

For our troubles, we were picked up by the police and locked up in the cells at Mvuma police station.

There were about 12 of us, all juveniles and we were

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Obert Gutu

Obert Chaurura Gutu

Born	Obert Chaurura Gutu (1962-10-20) October 20, 1962 (age 62) Gutu Mission Hospital, Gutu
Nationality	Zimbabwe
Other names	Chaurura
Education	University of Zimbabwe
Occupation
Organization	Gutu and Chikowore Legal Practitioners
Known for	Former MDC-T Vice President
Political party	Zanu PF
Spouse(s)	Tendai Gutu

Obert Chaurura Gutu is a Zimbabwean lawyer, politician and a former member of MDC-T where he was the party's vice president. He was vice to party president Thokozani Khupe.

Gutu resigned from the party on 18 January 2020 for what he said were "personal and private reasons." At the time of his resignation the MDC-T was a smaller party following its breakaway from the main MDC led by Nelson Chamisa. At the main MDC, Gutu had been National Spokesperson.

In April 2018, Gutu was elected Vice President of the MDC-T faction led by Thokozani Khupe at an Extra Ordinary Congress in Gweru.^[1]. Gutu is a former Deputy Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Af