THERE was excitement among Zanu-PF activists on Sunday following the official announcement of former long-serving Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo's return to the party after a five-year hiatus. Chombo, who also served as Finance minister towards the end of late former president Robert Mugabe's rule, was fired from the party in the aftermath of the…
FORMER Cabinet minister, Ignatius Morgen Chiminya Chombo has applied to be officially readmitted into Zanu PF following his expulsion from the party in 2017 at the height of the infamous ‘Operation Restore Legacy’, which ousted late former president Robert Mugabe. Affectionately known as “Whitehead”, the once all-too-powerful bureaucrat likened to a prime minister, seems to…
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Ingnatius Chombo
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo has been arrested on charges emanating from his tenure as Minister of Local Government from year 2000 to 2015 including accusations of facilitating the grabbing of residential stands by the former First Lady Grace Mugabe who gave some of these stands to close family members and other relatives.
Chombo faces several counts of fraud and criminal abuse of office. He denies the charges.
The charges have been extracted from the report of the Land Commission headed by Justice Uchena.
“I responded extensively, in writing, to these allegations when I appeared before the aforesaid Commission. I attach herewith a copy of that written response as part or my response herein. I stand by that response…I committed no fraud or criminal abuse of office and at all times I executed my duties as a Government Minister in full Compliance with the law,” Chombo said in his warned and cautioned statement on Monday.