A 54-year-old man from Mt Hampden was fined $3000 for acquiring agricultural inputs under the Pfumvudza programme using his son’s birth registration entry number.
Pupurai Kutamahufa also risks being jailed for a month if
he does not pay the fine. He admitted to the offence when he appeared before
magistrate Mrs Munashe Chibanda charged with fraud.
On November 6, Charles Chara went to Mt Hampden where
people were receiving inputs under the Pfumvudza programme
He was then told that there were people who were receiving
inputs after using their children’s names to register into the scheme.
Chara then went to Agritex offices where he discovered that
Kutamahufa had registered one of his sons as a beneficiary using a birth
registration entry number.
Kutamahufa received amonium nitrate and maize seed. He was
arrested and taken to court charged where he was fined for the offence. Mrs
Stylone Marufu prosecuted. Herald
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