Former Fin Minister Chombo arrested for criminal abuse of office over Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle programme on Whitecliff farm in Harare

Mugabe’s cousin Former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo has reportedly been re arrested. Chombo allegedly reported to Marlborough Police Station in Harare, where as part of his bail, he should report three times a day.
 
Chombo was originally on corruption charges was picked while reporting to the police at Marlborough Police by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission who took a warned and cautioned statement from him before releasing him into the custody of his lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku .
 
Chombo now faces additional charges, relating to operation Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle in Whitecliff where he allegedly illegally settled people on a property belonging to Pfugari hence the criminal abuse of office charge.
 
His lawyer Professor Lovemore Madhuku claims that the Cabinet set up the resettlement programme and Chombo was only a head of a committee that ran the programme.
 
Some charges were added to Chombo who is on US$5 000 bail on corruption charges was released around 8pm and will re appear in court on 8th January 2018.
 
Coupled with this development, a total of thirty nine Arcadia homes were today destroyed by the Harare council , leaving scores of residents homeless yesterday allegedly because they were illegally built two decades ago on service land which was reserved for drainage pipes and sewage systems. More news to follow.
 
It is interesting that these things are all unfolding at the time of the week long, 17th Annual Zanu pf December conference. Zanu pf under Mugabe was responsible for the chaotic ‘green bomber’ recruitment by the Public Service Ministry, unqualified civil servants employment and the Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle programme on Whitecliff farm in Harare. Now the chickens have come home to roost as the same Zanu pf is dropping them all like hot pieces of coal. I’m sure this time they will know where to put their ‘X’ on the ballot papers as they have learnt painfully how deceiptful Zanu pf is. More news to follow. by Sibusiso Ngwenya.
photo-Back then when Chombo was kneeling befor his despot cousin Mugabe’s wife, ‘Gucci Grace’

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