ZANU PF Women In $10b Swindle Case
The police are investigating how three senior ZANU PF officials swindled $10 billion intended for a women’s project in Mashonaland East province. They are Mudzi West legislator Aqualinah Katsande, Zanu PF chairperson of Goromonzi district, Keresenzia Nyakudya and Biata Nyamupinga, an aspiring candidate for Mashonaland East province. She is the wife of Zimbabwe’s deputy ambassador to Australia, Felix Nyamupinga. The trio were arrested last week at a restaurant in The Avenues in Harare but released after a few hours. Police spokesperson, senior assistant commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena initially said he would look into the matter. But by the time of going to the press, efforts to contact him again were futile. But a senior policeman in the Serious Fraud Squad section who requested anonymity confirmed the arrests. It is alleged that after the ZANU PF congress last month, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe gave $10 billion to each province for women’s projects.
The Mashonaland East province’s money was deposited into a CBZ account under the Mashonaland East Women’s league. It is alleged that these three women would then use the party’s name and influence to withdraw cash from the bank. The money would then be used to buy foreign currency on the black-market. Their base of operation was Nyamupinga’s clothes shop called Pretty Fashions in the Central Business District. The women were arrested following a tip-off to the police. Katsande and Nyamupinga refused to be interviewed on the case, but a sales representative at Pretty Fashions confirmed the police had searched the shop but had not found any money. The matter was reported to the Minister Without Portfolio Elliot Manyika and RBZ Governor Gideon Gono. Efforts to get comments from the two were fruitless. “We have sent some boys to Mash East province and all I can say is there is progress being done and we are in the right track,” said a police source. The three are believed to be close to the Vice President Joyce Mujuru.
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