FULL TEXT: Mupfumira warned and cautioned statement

Priscah Mupfumira [ID number supplied] aged 68 years residing at House Number St Fairway, Mount Pleasant, Harare having been informed by Detective Assistant Inspector NDLOVU of the Zimbabwe Republic Police Commercial Crimes Division on secondment to Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission that inquiries are being made in connection with cases of Criminal abuse of duty as a public officer as defined in Section 174 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23 (7 Counts) where it is;

Firstly alleged that, sometime in 2014, following my appointment as Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, and in the exercise of my functions as such, intentionally acted contrary to or inconsistent with my duty as a public officer; that is to say I unlawfully and corruptly used my position as the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare then by verbally instructing the then Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Ngoni Masoka to get a advance of US$90 000, 00 (Ninety Thousands United States Dollars) from National Social Security Authority (NSSA), a parastatal under the Ministry for the purchase of my Ministerial vehicle ( a Toyota land cruiser model ADX-0878) from Croco Motors well knowing that NSSA has no provision to issue such loans and after having illegally acquired the said vehicle I went on to receive another Ministerial vehicle, a Range rover Reg ADY- 6878 from Government which I accepted knowing well that I had already obtained a Ministerial vehicle through a lean advanced by NSSA thereby prejudicing NSSA of US$ 90 000, 00 (ninety thousand United States dollars), and,

Second it is further alleged that sometime in 2016 and on different occasions, and in the exercise of my said functions , I intentionally acted contrary to or inconsistent with my duty as a public officer; that is to say I unlawfully and corruptly used my position as the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare to request money amounting to US$101 814, 80 (one hundred and one thousand eight hundred and fourteen United States dollars and eighty cents) from (NSSA)'s Corporate Social Responsibility budget which I unlawfully received and used for activities as outlined in Annexure A labelled "Advances to the parent Ministry" of Payments amounting to US$101 814,80) which activities fall outside the mandate of NSSA.

Third it is further alleged that sometime in 2017, and in the exercise of my functions, I intentionally acted contrary to or inconsistent with my duty as a public officer; that is to say I unlawfully and corruptly used my position as the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare by verbally directing NSSA to set up a budget of US$ 350 000, 00 (three hundred and fifty thousand United States dollars) for the Ministry's financial demands on top of the normal NSSA Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) budget from where I later claimed a total of US$ 303 520, 03 (three hundred and three thousand five hundred and twenty United States dollars and three cents) for activities furthering my personal and political interests in my constituency. See attached Annexure B of the "Advances to the parent Ministry" amounting to US$303 520, 03 activities Which fall outside the mandate of NSSA

Fourth it is further alleged that sometime in the year 2014, and in the exercise of my functions as such, I intentionally acted contrary to or inconsistent with my duty as a public officer; that is to say I unlawfully and corruptly used my position as the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare then by showing favour to Metbank when I Instructed NSSA to financially bail out Metbank against the representations and advice from NSSA's Risk Management Department highlighting concerns over the bank's financial vulnerability and its high risk of default status and as a result of my undue influence, NSSA ended up purchasing four Metbank properties worth US$ 4908 750-00 (four million nine hundred and eight thousand seven hundred and fifty United States dollars ) which they had not intended to purchase.

Fifth it is further alleged that sometime in March 2017, 1 criminally abused my duty as a public officer by showing favour to Metbank when I directed NSSA to favourably consider an investment proposal from the bank for command agriculture in which Metbank imposed itself as fertilizer advisors. This was against the advice of NSSA's Risk Management Department based on concerns over the bank's financial vulnerability and the high risk of default. Metbank intended to borrow US$ 30 000 000, 00 (thirty million united states dollars) from other sources and requested NSSA to provide it with double cover security in the form of treasury bills. As a result of the accused's undue influence, NSSA sent treasury bills valued at US$62 250 000, 00 (sixty two million two hundred and fifty thousand united states dollars) to Metbank on custodial arrangement but Metbank ended up using treasury bills valued at US$ 37 035 000,00 (thirty seven million and thirty five thousand united states dollars) under unclear circumstances and they are currently unaccounted for to the prejudice of NSSA.

Sixth it is further alleged that sometime in June 2017, and in the exercise of my functions, I intentionally acted contrary to or inconsistent with my duty as a public officer; that is to say I unlawfully and corruptly used my position as the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare then by verbally directing NSSA (represented by Kurauwone Chihota the then Investment Officer) to enter into low cost housing projects contracts with Metbank within 48 hours and as a result of that directive entered into take-off housing projects for St-Ives and Stateland Chinhoyi with Metro Realty an entity related US$ 6 145 000,00 (six million one hundred thousand united states dollars) and US$ million seven hundred and ten thousand dollars without carrying due diligence assessments and without going to tender to the prejudice of NSSA.

Please note: We could not obtain the document with the seventh charge