About Us

UMA is an apolitical not for profit organisation that does human rights and peace advocacy and capacity
building in rural areas in Zimbabwe.

The organisation was formed in 2002 by victims of political violence and human rights abuses, it was founded by Mr Raphael Shanya with the aid of Reverend Mhosira and Mr John Stewart.

In 2003 the organisation was registered under the PVO act, initially it was registered as a welfare organisation that looked into needs and representation of political violence victims as well as connecting them to appropriate international organisations for assistance but over the years UMA has evolved to encompass a wide array of human rights and peace projects around the country.

The organisation has been involved in various national Peace projects as well as lobbying for the formation of the Organ for National Healing, Integration and Reconciliation.

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No to Violence!

“I will Beat👊 You So Hard You will 🙏Give Up Your Zimbabwean🇿🇼 Citizenship”

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Mabvuku-Tafara legislator James Maridadi has called on the government to address the issue of violence and intimidation, if this year’s elections are to be free and fair, as there were young men intimidating people by demanding their registration slips.

He, however, said he had addressed the issue in his own constituency by threating to beat up the young men who were doing this in his area.

“The other issue I wish to raise about elections is the issue of registration slips,” he told Parliament last week.

“We have a problem in
our communities and I do not know if other Hon. Members are experiencing that especially those that are in Harare.

“I can talk about Harare because that is what I know. We have a group of people that are moving door to door demanding registration slips. I am told it is happening everywhere. Their names, identity numbers and their house numbers are taken down. That in itself is intimidation.

“I do not know who is behind this but I know it is happening in Mabvuku. Last week I was called by members in my Constituency when a group of young men was walking around collecting these voter registration slips.

“I confronted them and asked why they were collecting these voter registration slips and they threatened to beat me up. I told them that if they try to get violent with me, I would beat them so hard that they would give up their Zimbabwean citizenship.

“How many people are endowed with the power to protect themselves like me? They are not so many. So, there is a lot of intimidation before the elections. People are being intimidated into submitting their voter registration slips.”

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