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Mugabe appoints anti-corruption team, where are the Matebeles!
18 Aug 2011 at 23:32hrs | Views
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has appointed a nine-member Anti-Corruption Commission to stem out corruption in the country.
Mr Denford Chirindo, who once worked in the Ministries of Defence and Justice and Legal Affairs, chairs the commission. Mr Chirindo also worked with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe as a senior logistics administrator from February 2006 to January this year.
He will be deputised by Ms Teresa Mugadza, a policy consultant, who once worked at Women in Politics Support Network and Musasa Project.
The other seven members are Dr Goodwill Shana (chairman of the Heads of Christian Denominations), Mr Zivanai Rusike, Mrs Anna Chitsike, Mr Emmanuel Chimwanda (a former police assistant commissioner), Mr Shepherd Gwasira (a senior assistant commissioner with the ZRP), Dr Elita Sakupwanya (a former chief of mission and Minister counsellor with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Mr Lakayana Duve (former principal director in the Department of Policy Implementation in the Office of the President and Cabinet).
In a statement on Wednesday, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda said the appointments were done in consultation with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara in line with the constitution of Zimbabwe and provisions of the Global Political Agreement.
"All the members appointed to the commission are persons of integrity chosen for their knowledge of and experience in administration or the prosecution or investigation of crime and/or for their suitability for appointment," Dr Sibanda said.
The commission will be sworn-in by President Mugabe at a date to be advised.
Mr Denford Chirindo, who once worked in the Ministries of Defence and Justice and Legal Affairs, chairs the commission. Mr Chirindo also worked with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe as a senior logistics administrator from February 2006 to January this year.
He will be deputised by Ms Teresa Mugadza, a policy consultant, who once worked at Women in Politics Support Network and Musasa Project.
The other seven members are Dr Goodwill Shana (chairman of the Heads of Christian Denominations), Mr Zivanai Rusike, Mrs Anna Chitsike, Mr Emmanuel Chimwanda (a former police assistant commissioner), Mr Shepherd Gwasira (a senior assistant commissioner with the ZRP), Dr Elita Sakupwanya (a former chief of mission and Minister counsellor with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Mr Lakayana Duve (former principal director in the Department of Policy Implementation in the Office of the President and Cabinet).
In a statement on Wednesday, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda said the appointments were done in consultation with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara in line with the constitution of Zimbabwe and provisions of the Global Political Agreement.
"All the members appointed to the commission are persons of integrity chosen for their knowledge of and experience in administration or the prosecution or investigation of crime and/or for their suitability for appointment," Dr Sibanda said.
The commission will be sworn-in by President Mugabe at a date to be advised.
Source - TH
