Kasukuwere, Moyo face prison as Mugabe orders 5 years jail for Zanu PF officials

Mugabe Hits His Corrupt Ministers With The Public Finance Management Amendment Act

President Robert Mugabe has declared war upon his party members caught in corruption.

Following allegations that Ministers, Jonathan Moyo and Saviour Kasukuwere were involved in corrupt activities, Mugabe has decided to teach his subordinates by signing a directive that will see those found guilty imprisoned for up to 5 years.

According to a Government Gazette published this past Friday, Government officials and managers at public entities will be jailed for up to five years if convicted of accepting monetary or other benefits “inconsistent with discharge of duty”, such as tokens of appreciation, travel, fuel, holiday, management committee and trustee allowances.

The Government Gazette said President Mugabe had signed into law the Public Finance Management Amendment Act (Chapter 22:19) which contains the new provisions. The amendment to Section 51A of the principal Act says, “The accounting authority and every member or employee of a public entity, and the accounting officer and every member of the civil service employed in an appropriate ministry responsible for that entity, shall (not)…

“(2)(a) act in a manner or receive any monetary or other benefit that compromises the supervisory or regulatory role of the appropriate ministry or infringes on the autonomy of the public entity.”

It is an offence for ministry officials to accept “(2)(b)(iii) or receive any monetary or other benefit inconsistent with discharge of the appropriate ministry’s supervisory or regulatory role including (but not limited to) any payment or benefit in the way of or in guise of – management committee allowances; or trustee or trustee representative allowances; or travel allowances, fuel coupons or holiday allowances”.