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Mupfumira Now Free After Last Corruption Case Collapses

7 months agoSat, 17 Aug 2024 05:02:11 GMT
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Mupfumira Now Free After Last Corruption Case Collapses

Former Public Service Minister Prisca Mupfumira is now a free woman, as all criminal cases against her have come to an end.

On Thursday, Harare magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa formally removed Mupfumira from remand in connection with allegations of misappropriating public funds to finance the travel of government employees to her daughter’s wedding in South Africa.

This decision comes after the state failed to prosecute her for nearly five years, citing various reasons for the delays.

Mupfumira, a member of the ZANU PF Central Committee, had been jointly charged with her former secretary, Ngoni Masoka.

As reported by ZimLive, the magistrate said the two “have been on remand since 2019 and that there has been no progress since last year when the matter was ordered to commence”. She added:

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The two cannot be prejudiced because the magistrate was elevated to be a judge and that it is in the interest of justice to remove them from remand.

The State alleged that Mupfumira and her former secretary, Masoka, misappropriated a US$90,000 NSSA loan by financing the travel of public service ministry employees to Mupfumira’s daughter’s wedding in South Africa.

The prosecution stalled when the case was interrupted due to the elevation of then-chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi to the High Court.

Both Mupfumira and Masoka faced charges of abuse of duty as public officers, specifically for failing to disclose a loan application from NSSA, which was claimed to be for purchasing a ministerial vehicle, to the Office of the President and Cabinet as required.

Additionally, Mupfumira was accused of directing her ministry’s finance director to purchase air tickets for her aides attending the wedding, as well as covering accommodation and transport expenses.

This misappropriation allegedly resulted in a loss of US$10,215 and ZAR113,539 to the ministry.

She was represented by her lawyer, Admire Rubaya, who applied for refusal of further remand.

Rubaya contended that they had given the State “a long rope,” adding that the application came after several petitions and several notices against the State for a motion for refusal of further remand to be instituted.

He pointed out the inordinate delays, stating that Mupfumira had been on remand for 1,796 days without trial since her arrest.

Rubaya argued that this extended period violated his client’s right to a timely hearing and imposed restrictions on her movement due to bail conditions.

He also claimed that these delays had hindered Mupfumira’s ability to fulfill her parliamentary duties and subjected her to ongoing societal criticism.

The State attributed the delays to the elevation of the trial magistrate to a judgeship, as well as disruptions caused by COVID-19, which affected court proceedings from 2020 to 2021 due to lockdowns.
The state also said that one witness in the case had passed away during this time, further complicating their case.

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27 Comments

Jah🇿🇼Tsvarie-07 · 7 months ago
Some cases shouldn't be published coz they show us the other side of how money make sense 😀😀😀
Anonymous · 7 months ago
Vose vakaba vakaregererwa nemajaji eZanupf tichakunhongai kana tave panyanga..garai makazviziva kuti mhosva hairovi...
Yang Bhai · 7 months ago
She was once our MP akatora cellphone mast akaisa pamba pake kumapurazi uko kwagara kuine rimwe instead of the other area yaraifanirwa kuenda
Justice · 7 months ago
The heading of this article is very misleading. Mupfumira is not free from this case. She still has a case to answer. Whether the prosecutor will eventually let the matter corruptly die a natural death quietly (as with all Zanu elite thieves' cases) will be a different matter to be seen in its season. Being removed from remand simply means that the magistrate is no longer telling her when next to appear in court.
Patz · 7 months ago
Its not yet over and she has not yet been proved innocent. Its only further remand that was refused and can still be summoned for trial in future
Erudite · 7 months ago
The pain goes straight to the misogynists , s.e.xists and fly by night law experts that wanted to see the downfall of a powerful black queen...The old adage clearly states innocent until proven guilty yet some uncouth and hedonistic gombeens had already condemned her to the gallows... Mupfumira is now free to continue her illustrious work of shattering the glass ceiling and being a prime example of what women are capable of.... Long live Lady Justice and only losers care about the court of public opinion infested with fat , neck bearded, mouth breathing trolls who have no idea who the courts work ... Erudite out
MahlabeZulu · 7 months ago
@Erudite, you are so good at turning everything into nonsensical propaganda even when there is no need for such. This is a clear case of 'state to proceed by way of summons' and not that she has been acquitted. Only ediots misrepresent clear facts. Imbuzi iqaphise umsila, iyakhanya ukuba ngensikazi wena ubamba inkani uthi induna. Not everything is about zanu pf and your **** propaganda rants.
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Hurt · 7 months ago
Mupfumira mbavha yemukadzi,**** akauraya CFI victoria foods akanyima vashandi mari dzavo
Anonymous · 7 months ago
There's no shock here. ZACC's record of catch and release is untarnished once more. There are rules for some and not for others. Remove from remand? She was never in remand.
Patz · 7 months ago
She was on remand. One cannot be said to be in remand but in remand prison
zidzo · 7 months ago
aah yaah mari vachingoba nekuba isu ma pensioner tichingotambura nekutambura apa ivo vene avasungane .Please PAY us pensioners before we all die of hunger and stress.
Helter Skelter · 7 months ago
Mmm we are going nowhere fast in this country.Honestly the reasons given for her exoneration are to say the least lame.Munamato Mutevedzi ndiye ega angaari magistrate here? covid 19 might have affected every activity but after lockdown we started from where we left off how can this have been even considered as one of the reasons for a potracted remand period.Lord have mercy.
. · 7 months ago
catch n release nothing new hapana asingazvizive vene havasungike
Gns · 7 months ago
Because you claimed money for development in Nassa yet you were stealing, grabbing citizen's futures, dipping your pinpointed nose in the treasure you never worked for. Ladies who do not have husbands like chugumba you are rubbish. You are now free to start nightshifts soon we will see you with chuvhayo wedding again. But you denied him after exposure in Norton. You like money more than life. The bere took you for a ride in Kwekwe no money came but you got cleared off your corruptions. Try to change leave these dirty activities now think of your past and be born again and have a changed status. Get your motherwood now. Leave these men you are old enough to live without them. You used to cry day/night you have already forgotten.
shurushuru · 7 months ago
wonzwa rimwe richiti pwiD pwuchii the reason why I don't know. the zanu cabal is milking the country dry. the poor masses support such at their own peril. Mwari huyayi. vana Jonathan Moyo, Savoir Kasukuwere, Zhuwao, Walter Mzembi and others vakaba and they are living large abroad on taxpayers poverty. meanwhile vene are also building empires while poverty enjoy 2 piecer chicken Inn once every 5 years. vanhu svinurai
fugu pfeee · 7 months ago
ibawo uite mari, warambidzwa nani
Sadc Makatukura · 7 months ago
ko zvekupenga hazvipo wani pazvikonzero izvo wani,,hanty akambonzi mentally unfit here
unru!ÿ · 7 months ago
kooo chivhayo howfa??
Antman · 7 months ago
Wjen did you last hear of Weaknail Chivaro? Is he even still around or he is hiding somewhere outside Zimbabwe
Kkkd · 7 months ago
Wakaparadza Victoria food commodity brokers, stock exchange, Zimbabwe grain miller's, inscor group of companies, manyam milling, Endurite manufacturers pfambi yechinhoi kuuraya husband nekuda mari
dduzzvi ramngagwa · 7 months ago
mbavha mazanu aya naMnangagwa wacho
Pp · 7 months ago
Mbavha yemari yenassa waigodiii pfambi washandisa muviri kuti ibude masvutu awakapara Tonga Chinhoi nehupfambi
🫡🫡 · 7 months ago
ummm aayaa

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