ZIMBABWE Anti
Corruption Commission (Zacc) has on Sunday revealed that they have completed
evaluation of statements from all parties involved in the controversial
procurement of COVID-19 medical supplies from Drax SAGL and will press charges,
Zim Morning Post has learnt.
An inside source told this publication that the parties
caught in the dragnet are Health minister Obadiah Moyo, finance ministry
secretary George Guvamatanga, Natpharm chief executive Sifeku and former health
ministry secretary Agnes Mahomva .
Although Drax local proxy Delish Nguwaya has already
appeared in court answering to fraud charges emanating from the same matter,
Zacc says it is yet to interview him.
In an interview with Zim Morning Post the Zacc boss Loice
Matanda Moyo confirmed that charges will be preferred on everyone who was
involved.
“I cannot mention names but after evaluating the statements
today we will be in a position to know who did what and who did not do what,”
Moyo said.
“We have completed evaluation of the statements from all
parties involved in the murky deal and we prefer charges on all of them.
“We believe everyone who had a hand in this deal through
his or her mandate is an accessory to fraud.
“Everyone who was involved in the due diligence process and
appended his or her signature must answer to criminal charges and we have
gathered enough evidence and paper trail to press charges,” she said.
This comes as sources told this publication that sparks
flew on Friday during interrogation between Moyo and Mahomva as the no nonsense
former secretary accused Moyo “of handpicking the controversial company, Drax
International.”
“The two, Moyo and Mahomva arrived around 5:30 pm and left
around 2130 hours,” said the source.
“The interrogation turned nasty as Mahomva fumed that her
stint at the health ministry was marred by the minister’s interference.
During his interview Guvamatanga implicated higher offices
with special emphasis on top being Health ministry authorities and some
directors in the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO).
This publication has it on good authority that when
Guvamatanga was summoned by police and ZACC this week, he explained that his
hands were tied and he only acted within his ministry’s statutory duties that
require consultation with relevant security authorities before he approved
payment.
“Guvamatanga made it clear that he was a mere civil servant
with a limited mandate especially with matters within the jurisdiction of the
Special Oversight Procurement Committee (SPOC) which deals which such
purchases.
Guvamatanga also said he exchanged several correspondences
with the Health ministry, the president’s office and the National Pharmacy
where he raised a redflag over the deal.
The President’s office sources told this publication that
Drax failed security checks twice but Moyo went ahead and gave his ministry a
greenlight to work with the controversial company.
Mahomva’s statement comes at a time when the president’s
office has also thrown the ball into Moyo’s court.
As was reported by this publication, the officials from the
president’s office said Drax failed security checks but the health minister
went ahead to deal with such a “shelf company.”
It has also emerged that Interpol has taken interest in the
matter which is being treated as money laundering according to reports by some
publications. Zim Morning Post
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