By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent
CORRUPTION accused former Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira Saturday made a surprise appearance at a Zanu PF provincial coordinating committee meeting (PCC) held in Chinhoyi.
Mupfumira cut a lonely and dejected figure among the delegates before, during and after the routine meeting of the PCC.
This was her first appearance at a Zanu PF meeting in as many months since her arrest and detention in remand prison for allegedly creaming-off US$90 million from the state pension fund administrator, National Social Security Authority (NSSA).
Unlike during her time as an influential and wealthy political figure who would often be mobbed during similar gatherings, Mupfumira was a conspicuous island as fellow members visibly tried to avoid touching her.
Zimbabwe: MDC-T Activist Murimoga Piles Pressure for Mwonzora’s Arrest, Petitions Ziyambi
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By Robert Tapfumaneyi
Frustrated MDC-T activist Patson Murimoga has petitioned Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi in his latest bid to have his president, Douglas Mwonzora, arrested on allegations he stole $6 million from the party’s coffers.
Murimoga also wants Mwonzora to face charges of money laundering after he allegedly transferred the looted funds to “well-known street money changers” to buy foreign currency on the black market.
The activist says he is shocked that after four months when he first reported the case under RB#2236/12/2020 at the Harare Central Police Station with statements recorded by the police, and the law enforcement agents convinced a crime was committed, Mwonzora remained a free man.
He accused his colleagues within the MDC-T of using Patson Murimoga to report the alleged theft of funds to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) in a bid to achieve their political objectives. Mwonzora said:
This is the work of internal opponents who were irked by my victory at the extraordinary congress on December 27th last year. They have teamed up with some members of the opposition and the G40.
They are sponsoring and exploiting this desperate youth to try to achieve their political objectives. They hope that I would be arrested so that I will be out of the political scene.
By Robert Tapfumaneyi
FRUSTRATED MDC-T activist Patson Murimoga has petitioned Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi in his latest bid to have his president, Douglas Mwonzora, arrested on allegations he stole $6 million from the party’s coffers.
Murimoga also wants Mwonzora to face charges of money laundering after he allegedly transferred the looted funds to “well-known street money changers” to buy foreign currency on the black market.
The activist says he is shocked that after four months when he first reported the case under RB#2236/12/2020 at the Harare Central Police Station with statements recorded by the police, and the law enforcement agents convinced a crime was committed, Mwonzora remained a free man.
Parly exposes Zinara tender scam
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) unprocedurally awarded lucrative contracts to private entities to supply equipment and services that prejudiced the parastatal of huge amounts of money.
This was revealed in the first report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the analysis of Zinara’s audited accounts for 2017 and 2018 which was presented by Gweru Urban legislator Brian Dube in the National Assembly on Thursday.
Findings of the committee revealed that there was poor corporate governance at Zinara, including a poor human resource policy which resulted in the recruitment of incompetent employees through nepotism.