HARARE - A lawmaker from Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party has been arrested on charges of abusing funds meant for development projects in his district, state media said yesterday.
Franco Ndambakuwa, a legislator for the northern district of Magunje, was arrested on Monday after failing to account for $40000 (about R300000) of the $50000 in constituency development funds allocated to him, The Herald reported.
Ndambakuwa is the second legislator to be nabbed in an audit of the $8-million (about R60-million) grassroots development programme, after a lawmaker from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party was also arrested over missing funds.
The audit has looked at the programme in 65 of the country's 210 constituencies and failed to get satisfactory responses from four of them.
Zanu-PF official nabbed for graft
HARARE - A lawmaker from Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party has been arrested on charges of abusing funds meant for development projects in his district, state media said yesterday.
Franco Ndambakuwa, a legislator for the northern district of Magunje, was arrested on Monday after failing to account for $40000 (about R300000) of the $50000 in constituency development funds allocated to him, The Herald reported.
Ndambakuwa is the second legislator to be nabbed in an audit of the $8-million (about R60-million) grassroots development programme, after a lawmaker from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party was also arrested over missing funds.
The audit has looked at the programme in 65 of the country's 210 constituencies and failed to get satisfactory responses from four of them.
Would you like to comment on this article?
Register (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
Trending
Latest Videos