The Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Provincial Coordinating
Committee (PCC) yesterday resolved to recall Senator and Central Committee member
Priscah Mupfumira, who is facing an array of corruption charges in the courts.
Mupfumira, who is in custody over corruption allegations,
was last week sacked from her position as Minister of Environment, Tourism and
Hospitality Industry by President Mnangagwa over the graft charges involving
more than US$90 million stolen from the National Social Security Authority
(NSSA).
Investigations into three of the seven counts of corruption
she is facing are complete, but the State is insisting on going to trial only
when the probe into all the counts is
done.
Speaking to The Herald on the sidelines of the PCC meeting,
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairman Cde Ziyambi Ziyambi said the fight
against corruption was essential in bringing sanity, as the country takes major
steps towards economic reforms.
“The PCC resolved that Priscah Mupfumira be recalled from
the position of Central Committee member and Senator in Mash West to an
ordinary card-carrying member,” he said. “This is in support of President
Mnangagwa’s efforts to fight corruption in the
country.
“We need to build the country and pulling out corrupt seeds
among us is important for us to bring economic recovery.”
Raising the motion before the PCC, provincial member Cde
Misheck Nyarubere said Makonde District had agreed on the resolution.
“As Makonde, we have agreed that we relieve Priscah
Mupfumira of her duties as a Central Committee and Senator,” he said. “This is
because we cannot have a leader who is facing charges of corruption of this
magnitude. I, therefore, propose that we recall her and leave her as an
ordinary card-carrying member.”
Zanu-PF provincial executive member in the Women’s League
Cde Martha Munondo seconded the resolution, saying the party was supreme.
“We have worked with Priscah Mupfumira as our Politburo
member and now we move with the party’s resolution,” she said. “Therefore, I
second the call to recall her.”
When President Mnangagwa sacked the incarcerated former
minister he said her conduct was not in line with what is expected from a
Government minister.
The President is leading a fight against corruption, and
recently appointed new Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) members from
names submitted to him after Parliament carried out interviews for the posts.
ZACC was also given powers to arrest suspects in corruption
cases, as a way of speeding up the fight against graft. Herald
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