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Parirenyatwa given his passport
12 Dec 2018 at 06:59hrs | Views
Embattled Former Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa was given his passport by a Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande.
Parirenyatwa's lawyers had applied for the release of the passport saying the former minister seeks to travel to Ghana for an AIDS summit.
Parirenyatwa is facing a charge of criminal abuse of office after his actions allegedly resulted in the State losing $30 000 paid to two managing directors at the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm).
Parirenyatwa is charged under Section 174 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9.
According to the State outline, Parirenyatwa on June 4, 2018 ordered NatPharm board chairman, Dr George Washaya, to terminate Flora Nancy Sifeku's contract as managing director of the Government-owned company saying he required her services at his then Ministry.
Parirenyatwa further directed Dr Washaya to appoint Newman Madzikwa as the acting managing director of NatPharm with effect from June 1, 2018.
The board complied with the directive resulting in Sifeku and Mr Madzikwa both being given six-month contracts with effect from June to November 30, 2018.
This resulted in NatPharm paying two salaries concurrently to Sifeku and Madzikwa for the managing director's position, thereby prejudicing the company of $30 000.
Parirenyatwa's lawyers had applied for the release of the passport saying the former minister seeks to travel to Ghana for an AIDS summit.
Parirenyatwa is facing a charge of criminal abuse of office after his actions allegedly resulted in the State losing $30 000 paid to two managing directors at the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm).
Parirenyatwa is charged under Section 174 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9.
Parirenyatwa further directed Dr Washaya to appoint Newman Madzikwa as the acting managing director of NatPharm with effect from June 1, 2018.
The board complied with the directive resulting in Sifeku and Mr Madzikwa both being given six-month contracts with effect from June to November 30, 2018.
This resulted in NatPharm paying two salaries concurrently to Sifeku and Madzikwa for the managing director's position, thereby prejudicing the company of $30 000.
Source - Byo24News
