Ian Kay

Craigentinny wake up to fend off leaders Parkside

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008

... pressure to beat Robert Donaldson 19-7.Kevin McFarlane skipped John Fraser Snr, John Shields and Ian Paterson into an 11-6 lead but came under pressure at 14-13 down playing the last before scrambling a peel with Martin Quinn, Steven Kerr, Derek Smith and Paul Veitch.Gary Nisbet was in an even stronger position having skipped Andrew Caldwell, David Brown and Gordon Bold into a 14-3 lead but they...

Court Orders Release of Advocate Matinenga From Custody

All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008

... on to win all seats in the region in 1985,' Muchauraya said.Meanwhile the MDC MP for Marondera. Ian Kay is still in custody at a remote police post in Murehwa. Kay was picked up from his home in Marondera two weeks ago for allegedly inciting violence. He's expected to appear in court on Monday next week. © 2008 SW Radio Africa. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (

Women Activists Denied Bail

All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008

... Zanu PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.Meanwhile, opposition lawmaker Ian Kay, arrested last month on public violence charges, was granted bail and released on Tuesday.The high court has granted him 60 billion dollars bail (90 US dollars).Kay was arrested in Marondera, east of the capital Harare, on May 22 on charges of fanning violence in Mashonaland province. © 2008 The...

Mabel Penisara found alive

This is Zimbabwe (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008

This was sent to us by the Crisis Coalition: Mabel Penisara, wife of Ian Kay's Campaign Manager who was abducted by 20 ZANU-PF thugs was found yesterday, 27 May 2008. She sustained serious injuries from the torture and beatings she endured during the detention period and was left naked and for dead by a roadside. [...]

Links ~ 28 May 2008

This is Zimbabwe (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008

More councillors, village heads and MDC youth abducted (SW Radio) Reports have been received that as many as 20 people may have been abducted since Friday, May 23. Ian Kay's campaign manager Mable Penisara has been abducted on Monday night. Witnesses say that men armed with AK-47’s and pistols came looking for her husband and then [...]

Tanfield demolition job shows Parkside won't give up title easily

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008

... Logan, David Craig and Darren Grant to an 18-9 success over Graeme McIntosh while Rab Gardner, Ian Kay, Brian Salvona and Bob Ramsay beat Mal Higgenbotham 16-9."Better than we had hoped for and a result that shows we have the bottle needed to make a bold defence of the title," said a spokesman for Parkside.

Police Ordered Not to Arrest Kidnappers Until Elections

All Africa (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008

... threatening home visits and the arrests of top officials. It is where the newly elected MDC MP Ian Kay has been in detention since last week Tuesday, facing trumped up charges. An MDC official in the area said Kay was given Z$20 billion bail and was due to be released. But the state invoked a technical regulation to keep the MDC MP in jail longer. He is now due to appear in court on June 11.On...

20 People Abducted Over the Weekend

All Africa (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008

... abducted since Friday.The latest abduction was in Marondera, where it is reported that the wife of Ian Kay's campaign manager, Mable Penisara, was abducted on Monday night. Witnesses say she was taken away by armed thugs who had apparently come for her husband. But it is believed Tonderai Penisara managed to escape. The thugs were wielding what looked like AK-47 rifles and pistols. Mable's whereabouts...

Wednesday, 28th May 2008

The Bearded Man (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008

... people being burned alive by the attackers. " State television reported that newly-elected MDC MP Ian Kay appeared in court on Tuesday on charges of political violence, and was remanded in custody to June 11 after the state overturned his Z$20 billion bail. In an apparent show of support for Mugabe on Tuesday, police chief Augustine Chihuri said the force had a duty to defend the country from what...

• Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai says 50 killed in poll violence - Alertnet
• Tsvangirai Promises a Truth & Justice Commission - Daniel Molokele
• See the 87 articles on the same subject

Zimbabwe: Two Opposition MPs Arrested

All Africa (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008

Zimbabwe: Two MDC Parliamentarians Arrested The Publisher's Site (London)Tichaona SibandaThe ZANU-PF regime's crackdown on its opponents continued this week with the arrest of two more MDC legislators on charges of inciting the violence that continues to rock the country.Ian Kay, MDC MP for Marondera and one of the two white members of parliament was picked up from his house on Tuesday, while the MP...

Mugabe accuses opponents of violence, MPs arrested

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008

... blacks. The MDC denies the charge.On Wednesday, the opposition said newly-elected legislators Ian Kay and Amos Chibaya had been arrested in what it called "an onslaught on key party activists and leaders to render it comatose ahead of the runoff.""The charges against Chibaya are that he addressed a rally two weeks ago where he sought to incite junior police officers to rebel. The charges against...

Ripper in court after knifing

Daily Star (Free subscription) | 18/05/2008

One attack took place at Parkhurst Prison in 1983 and the other three were at Broadmoor – the high security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire. In March, 1997, inmate Ian Kay stabbed Sutcliffe six times in the left eye and four times in the right eye, blinding him in the left eye and damaging his right eye.