The criminal and mafia gangsterism of Ignatious Chombo when he was the Minister of Local Government is also well – documented. Saviour Kasukuwere’s criminal escapades when he was the Minister of Indigenisation read like a fairy tale in the public domain.
Obert Mpofu earned himself a very notorious reputation of high level corruption during the time that he was Minister of Mines & Mineral Development. We can actually write a book of no less than 5000 pages that details the corrupt and criminal dealings of each and every one of the Zanu PF Cabinet Ministers. The whole Zanu PF State edifice, right from the very top, is corrupt to the bone marrow!
In these circumstances, therefore, the MDC would like to challenge the Zimbabwe Anti – Corruption Commission (ZACC), the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and all the other crime – fighting agencies to descend upon public officials who have been pilfering State resources; not only at the Ministry of Higher Education but, indeed, at all other public bodies such as State corporations.
Transparency International recently released a report that established that no less than US$1 billion is lost to corruption in Zimbabwe every year. This could actually be an understatement because President Mugabe himself, just a few months ago, confessed that no less than US$15 billion worth of diamonds had been siphoned out of the country. To date, no investigation has been conducted to establish the whereabouts of this massive loot of public resources.
Thus, we call upon both the ZACC and the ZRP to immediately arrest Jonathan Moyo, Godfrey Gandawa and all other public officials who have been implicated, on very reasonable and tangible grounds, in the criminal offence of stealing and defrauding the State of its money and other public resources. All these people should have their day in court. At the very least, this is the very essence of the rule of law.
MDC: Equal Opportunies For All
Obert Chaurura Gutu
MDC National Spokesperson
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