Former First Lady, Grace Mugabe is among bigwigs now facing arrest for selling State land. This follows an audit report into Harare land s...
Former First Lady, Grace Mugabe is among bigwigs now facing
arrest for selling State land. This follows an audit report into Harare land
sales by the commission of Inquiry led by Justice Tendai Uchena that traced
land transfers in urban areas since 2005.
Prominent names recommended for investigation in the Harare
land audit report include former Grace Mugabe, former Cabinet
Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo, ex-Local Government permanent secretary Engineer
George Mlilo, ex-Cabinet minister Ms Nyasha Chikwinya, businessman Dr Philip
Chiyangwa, former Harare South legislator Mr Shadreck Mashayamombe and Mr Nhamo
Tutisani.
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson
Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo yesterday confirmed receipt of a copy of the audit
report, saying investigations would start soon.
“Yes, we were given a copy of the land audit report by the
Commission and our general manager (investigations) is liaising with the police
so that we know who is doing what to avoid stepping on each other’s toes when
investigating.
“We hope investigations will start on Monday after we have
agreed on the cases that ZACC and the police will be investigating,” she said.
Mrs Mugabe is accused of grabbing stands at Carrick Creach
Farm in Harare and transferring ownership into names of her relatives without
payment.
Some stands at the farm were allegedly allocated to people
who were later pushed out by Mrs Mugabe, according to the report.
Dr Chombo, according to the report, should also be
investigated for allocating himself vast tracts of land on the same farm
allegedly registering several stands under three companies without paying.
Dr Chombo is also under spotlight for allegedly corruptly
facilitating Mrs Mugabe’s land grab.
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