(Bloomberg) — Zimbabwe\u2019s anti-corruption authority arrested Health Minister Obadiah Moyo, following reports of an investigation into a health-equipment deal.<\/p>\n
Moyo is currently detained at the Rhodesville Police Station in the capital, Harare, John Makamure, spokesman for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, said by phone Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot disclose why he has been arrested for now,\u201d Makamure said. Calls to Moyo\u2019s phone seeking comment weren\u2019t answered.<\/p>\n
The Zimbabwe Independent, a Harare-based newspaper, reported on Friday that the authorities are investigating a deal to supply materials to the government for the management of the coronavirus pandemic at inflated prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(Bloomberg) — Zimbabwe\u2019s anti-corruption authority arrested Health Minister Obadiah Moyo, following reports of an investigation into a health-equipment deal. Moyo is currently detained at the Rhodesville Police Station in the capital, Harare, John Makamure, spokesman for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, said by phone Friday. \u201cI cannot disclose why he has been arrested for now,\u201d Makamure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":24044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1279,380],"class_list":{"0":"post-24432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-coronavirus-in-zimbabwe","10":"tag-moyo"},"yoast_head":"\n