A director in the Ministry of Defence and War Veterans
Affairs is reportedly on the run in South Africa over $5 million allegedly
siphoned from the ministry through double payments to firms he owns, while
three accountants in the ministry have since been arrested.
Chief accountant in the ministry Tirivangani Matare, his
assistant Linda Mangoya and accountant Oscar Kwaramba appeared before the
Harare Magistrates Courts yesterday on criminal abuse of office charges arising
from allegations of paying $751 150 to Ollymann Investments, using another
officer’s log-in profile to process the payments.
The three were not asked to plead to the charges when they
appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Hoseah Mujaya, who remanded them out of
custody on bail to January 3.
Matare was ordered to deposit $4 000, Mangove $2 000 and
Kwaramba $3 000 as part of their bail conditions.
It emerged during the bail applications that a director in
the Ministry of Defence evaded arrest and went into hiding in South Africa.
Investigating officer Patrick Madiye, while testifying in
court, revealed that more charges are likely to be preferred against the three
as investigations were still underway. Herald
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