'Kereke lying,' says Gono

Gideon Gono said his ex-advisor Munyaradzi Kereke is basing corruption claims against him on false allegations driven by malice and a desire to settle personal grudges.

Kereke filed a Constitutional Court application, seeking to push the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate Gono on graft charges, allegedly committed during the time he was at the helm of the central bank.

Gono said in his heads of argument that Kereke's claims were baseless. He said Kereke was approaching courts with dirty hands basing his allegations on malice.

Gono said if there were any acts of corrupt activities at the RBZ, Kereke was the man to be answerable since he was the one who brokered the alleged deals.