Twelve more properties linked to former police
Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri have now been identified and the State
wants these added to the list of frozen properties pending the outcome of
investigations into charges that he diverted over US$32 million of public funds
into family companies.
Chihuri is accused of diverting police funds and buying a
large swathe of property, which the State now wants frozen pending the final
outcome of possible criminal cases and civil suits.
Recently, Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi filed an
application at the High Court seeking the freeze of 11 immovable properties and
an assortment of vehicles and farm equipment.
While the application was pending at court, investigators
unearthed 12 more houses and stands worth millions of dollars, which they
believe could have been financed from diverted police funds.
Chihuri is under investigation for criminal abuse of
office, money laundering, theft and fraud.
Mr Hodzi accuses Chihuri of establishing a “syndicated
criminal mafia” meant to siphon public funds for his personal benefit and that
of his cronies. This would have entailed externalisation of money and money
laundering abroad, he said.
Mr Hodzi contends that Chihuri established the companies in
connivance with his relatives for the alleged purposes of siphoning funds from
the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s revolving fund held under CBZ Account number
0212050619002.
Chihuri, his wife Isobel Halima Khan Chihuri, daughter
Samantha Hamadziripi Chihuri, and son Ethan Takudzwa Augustine Chihuri were
listed as the respondents in the application along with relatives Aitken and
Netsai Khan and six companies: Croxile Investments, Adamah Enterprises,
Mastermedia (Pvt) Ltd, Mastaw Investments, Rash Marketing and Rewstand
Enterprises.
The 12 newly-identified properties the State wants added to
the frozen list are:
10 Stafford Road, Mt Pleasant, Harare
1 Bure Close, Stathaven, Harare.
8 St Aubins Close, Chisipite, Harare.
29 Carsberg Avenue, Alexandra Park, Harare.
Lot 3 of Plot 4 of Juliasdale in the name of Ethan
Augustine Chihuri and Samantha Chihuri.
Lot 28 Chisipite Township of Chisipite in the name of
Samantha Chihuri.
828 Mt Pleasant Township of Mt Pleasant, in the name of
Nicole Tawonga Chihuri.
14453 Bulawayo Township of Stand 15038 Bulawayo Township in
the name of Augustine Chihuri.
571 Zengeza Township in the name of Augustine Chihuri.
Lot 7A of the Ranche in the name of Abigail Makono nee
Billie (a co-director of Rewstand Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd cited with both her and
the company already cited as respondents.
18848 Harare Township of Salisbury Township in the name of
Abigail Makono nee Billie.
5346 Mufakose Township in the name of Beaular Billie. (a
co-director of Rewstand Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd and already listed as a
respondent).
The list of newly-discovered immovable properties has since
been added on the already identified properties through an amended draft order.
Initially the State had identified the following 11
immovable properties:
Seven residential stands at Police Heights on Gletwin Farm
in north-east Harare;
9 hectares at Fishponds in Lomagundi district (Deed of
Transfer 3177/90);
Stand 231 in Athlone in Greendale (Deed 1214/85) measuring
4 639 square metres; and
431 Quinnington in Borrowdale (5284/14) measuring 5 500
square metres.
During his 25 years at the helm of the police, Chihuri and
his family acquired a lot of property and other assets.
Isobel Chihuri, according to the State, is the managing
director for Mastaw Investments, which received US$3 823 285 from ZRP General
Headquarters after giving an allegedly fake business address.
Rewstand Enterprises received US$10 401 500 from ZRP despite
using an allegedly fake address. Investigations by the police found a different
company operating from that address, said Mr Hodzi.
Nodpack Investments (Pvt) Ltd of Bure Close in Strathaven,
Harare, whose directorship includes Clever Nziramasanga and had Isobel Halim
Chihuri as general manager, allegedly received US$5 766 252,31 from the police.
But, said Mr Hodzi, this address was a residential property for a Mrs Marange
who does not know Nodpack, raising strong suspicion that the address was fake.
Croxile Investments (Pvt) Ltd of 8 St Aubins Walk in
Chisipite received US$1 892 040 from the police, with Vanessa Madalisto Banda
listed as director and Isobel Chihuri as general manager. But the property
owner is a Mr Matongo who does not know about Croxile.
ZRP also released US$10 575 732 to Adamah Enterprises Pvt
Ltd of 29 Carsberg Avenue in Alexandra Park in Harare. Isobel Chihuri is also
general manager of this company with Nelia Mafunga listed as director. But
investigations found this address belonged to another company called
Brightcoast Construction owned by Clever Nziramasanga.
Mastermedia (Pvt) Ltd, according to the State, is owned by
Isobel Khan Chihuri and it received US$1 073 038.08 from the ZRP Revolving Fund
from January 5, 2016 to February 9, 2017.
Rash Marketing, which is owned by a CBZ employee called
Shingirai Maponga and his spouse Sharon Maponga nee Tiyani, received US$764 370
from November 14, 2016 to December 12, 2016.
The companies won orders for the supply of goods and
services without going to tender. Besides the company dealings, the State is
keen for Chihuri to explain his property holdings.
Four vehicles are also listed under assets that need
explanation. Two combine harvesters, six tractors, two planters, three
motorbikes and a boom spray were found at Chihuri’s farms at Shamva and
Darwendale. Herald
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