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Zanu PF top official steal Mugabe's birthday beast
10 Apr 2017 at 04:29hrs | Views
ZANU PF Manicaland youth provincial finance secretary, Taurai Chiripamberi has been suspended for allegedly stealing a beast donated for President Robert Mugabe's 93rd birthday celebrations.
Provincial youth leader, Mubuso Chinguno, exposed the scam at the weekend, saying the beast had been donated to feed party youths, as they travelled for Mugabe's birthday bash in Matobo in February.
Chinguno told Zanu PF provincial youth commissar, Innocent Hamandishe, that Chiripamberi led the party's fundraising committee, but chose to operate single-handedly, NewsDay reported.
"Boss (Hamandishe), we want to advise you that we suspended our secretary for finance Taurai Chiripamberi. When we conducted our fundraising for the 21st February Movement, we set up a fundraising committee led by Chiripamberi,'' he said.
"There was no meeting that was held by Chiripamberi. He ran the show like his own tuckshop. He was given a beast (cow) by well-wishers, so that we could feed our youths when travelling to Matobo, but he converted the beast to his own use,"he said.
"There was no report we received as management from him (Chiripamberi), we tried to contact him, but he was not listening to anyone.
All our efforts fell on deaf ears. We did a post-mortem on the matter and we decided to suspend him. We gave him 30 days to respond, but he is yet to come back to us,'' Chinguno said.
Last week, Cabinet ministers presented Mugabe with several gifts including a wheelchair.
Provincial youth leader, Mubuso Chinguno, exposed the scam at the weekend, saying the beast had been donated to feed party youths, as they travelled for Mugabe's birthday bash in Matobo in February.
Chinguno told Zanu PF provincial youth commissar, Innocent Hamandishe, that Chiripamberi led the party's fundraising committee, but chose to operate single-handedly, NewsDay reported.
"Boss (Hamandishe), we want to advise you that we suspended our secretary for finance Taurai Chiripamberi. When we conducted our fundraising for the 21st February Movement, we set up a fundraising committee led by Chiripamberi,'' he said.
"There was no meeting that was held by Chiripamberi. He ran the show like his own tuckshop. He was given a beast (cow) by well-wishers, so that we could feed our youths when travelling to Matobo, but he converted the beast to his own use,"he said.
"There was no report we received as management from him (Chiripamberi), we tried to contact him, but he was not listening to anyone.
All our efforts fell on deaf ears. We did a post-mortem on the matter and we decided to suspend him. We gave him 30 days to respond, but he is yet to come back to us,'' Chinguno said.
Last week, Cabinet ministers presented Mugabe with several gifts including a wheelchair.
Source - NewsDay
