BY BRYSON CHEDENGA
THE Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU)’s team of three law students is excited to make its debut appearance at the K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court set for February 17 to 19 in India and is optimistic that it will excel.
The finals will take place at the Faculty of Law Centre, University of New Delhi and ZEGU team will participate on February 18 and will proceed to the final round the next day if it succeeds.
ZEGU qualified for the finals after writing law memorials last year, proceeding to the pivotal round of 973 participants where it emerged in the top 10 out of the 60 teams that made it to the finals.
Team representative Takudzwanashe Chinyemba described ZEGU as a top notch university, a status which he said the team will strive to maintain in India.
“There is no doubt that we are a top notch university and we want to maintain that. We don’t just want to participate but we want to bring something home. We will try our best to excel,” he said.
“Considering how we have performed in the local competitions and how we have worked really hard preparing for this, we are optimistic of bringing back something. It’s inevitable.”
Chinyemba said they spent the past six months preparing for the competition.
Their couch Nyasha Chiramba also expressed confidence that his team will make the nation proud.
Chiramba said the team will participate as the respondent on February 18 in the morning and lastly as the appellant.
If it succeeds it will proceed to the final round the next day.
“This is the team that is going to be muting. Unfortunately, we are not going to have three speakers because of the competition rules. However, they will all be on the bench assisting each other, arguing and making sure that the team wins, proceed to the next round and come back with the trophy,” he said.
The team participated at the Transparency International Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association Moot Competitions. It was ranked second in both competitions out of four law schools.
It also participated at the International Committee of Red Cross Moot Competition and came third.
Great Zimbabwe University is also competing at the K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court
