Ex-minister Chombo caged
BY RICHARD MUPONDE/MIRIAM MANGWAYA
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was last night detained at Rhodesville Police Station in Harare following his arrest on charges of fraud and criminal abuse of office over illegal parcelling out of State land.
Chombo, who allegedly committed the offences during his tenure as Local Government minister in the late former President Robert Mugabe’s government, is alleged to have connived with the former First Lady Grace Mugabe to illegally acquire State land.
He was detained after being interrogated by the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu), a unit in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, following his implication as a key figure in the illegal sale of State land in Justice Tendai Uchena’s Land Commission report.
There are fears the influx will result in increased infections.
Communities along the Harare-Bulawayo highway are some of those witnessing the current trend.
In areas such as Whitecliff and Snake World, it is common to see scores of people, especially women, scrounging for the sought-after plant.
The Pota Farmers Block – a grouping of farmers living along Pota Road near Lake Chivero – is now raising the alarm.
“As a community, we cannot just sit down and watch as we get exposed to Covid-19. We have to be vigilant and take appropriate action,” said a member of the group on its social media platform.
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