Zanu PF<\/a> youth empowerment lobbyist Acie Lumumba as heavily involved in Zimbabwe\u2019s multi-billion dollar illegal forex dealings.<\/p>\nHis firms had their bank accounts last year frozen by the central bank on suspicions they were responsible for the volatile foreign currency rate of exchange that were obtaining.<\/p>\n
Kuda Tagwirei (right) pictured some time with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and VP Chiwenga<\/p>\n
Chiwenga said the only vehicle Marry could lay claim to was a Range Rover (Autobiography).<\/p>\n
He also dismissed allegations by Marry that she had been rendered destitute after she was chased out of the couple\u2019s matrimonial home in the upmarket Borrowdale suburb, Harare.<\/p>\n
\u201cApplicant cannot be rendered destitute. She has two properties in South Africa and four cars thereat.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Zimbabwe she has houses as mentioned in the summons. That is not a destitute. On bail condition, she must amend paragraph (c) to indicate where she is currently residing right now. On the rule of law, I am unable to understand the purport of this,\u201d read part of his response.<\/p>\n
The VP, who is the current Acting President as President Emmerson Mnangagwa is on his annual leave, has also demanded to know where Mubaiwa is staying.<\/p>\n
Chiwenga changed locks for the family\u2019s Borrowdale home after Marry was arrested last month for attempting to kill the VP at a private hospital in South Africa where he was receiving treatment and fraud.<\/p>\n
She spent three weeks in remand prison before being granted bail two weeks ago at the High Court.<\/p>\n
Last year, the government paid US$366 million in government bonds to Sakunda Holdings for supplying Command Agriculture inputs.<\/p>\n
The payouts were made in Zimbabwe dollars at an exchange rate that translated into massive money printing.<\/p>\n
However, the consequences of the payments to Sakunda have added to disquiet in Zimbabwe over allegations of \u2018State capture\u2019, exploitation of public institutions and funds for private interests by Tagwirei.<\/p>\n
Opposition parties have also accused Tagwirei of using his connections in Zanu PF and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to build his business.<\/p>\n
Last year, he refused to appear before the Tendai Biti-led parliamentary portfolio Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain how Sakunda used funds under the Command Agriculture scheme.<\/p>\n
In mid-2019, revelations of possible abuse of funds under the scheme were made amid claims that there are no records and accountability of how close to US$3 billion was disbursed by the government.<\/p>\n