Leo Mugabe claims has corruption evidence against Gono

Leo Mugabe claims has corruption evidence against Gono

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By Staff Reporter

LATE last year, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono encouraged Zimbabweans to blow the whistle on so-called cash barons whom he blames for hoarding the local currency to finance their black market deals, leading to nationwide cash shortages.

On Monday, Makonde legislator and President Robert Mugabe’s nephew, Leo Mugabe, heeded Gono’s call and became the first whistleblower -- by offering to expose the governor himself!

New Zimbabwe.com understands Mugabe approached the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget and Finance, claiming he had evidence that the central governor was an “agent of regime change”, reference to alleged attempts by western governments to topple President Mugabe’s regime.

The timing of Mugabe’s sensational claims will raise eyebrows. His intervention came as Gono was invited by the committee to name corrupt government officials, following a challenge he threw at the MPs in December last year.

Gono has said he has President Mugabe’s backing in revealing names of “cash barons”, blamed for fuelling the parallel market and taking the local currency out of the formal market.

Members of the budget and finance committee met in Harare on Monday and formally invited the RBZ chief. This was after choosing Zanu PF legislator for Zhombe, Daniel Mackenzie, to chair the committee in the absence of Guruve North MP David Butau who fled the country recently after police indicated they wanted to question him in connection with illegal foreign currency transations.

Parliamentary sources said Mugabe’s nephew told the committee that he has information that Gono is working with former finance minister, Dr Simba Makoni, who is reported to be on the verge of forming an opposition political party.

“There’s a whole lot of accusations against Gono that Leo claims to have evidence to, including financial irregularities which implicate the reserve bank governor,” said a parliamentary source.

Both Mugabe and Gono could not be reached for comment.

Last week, Dr Tafataona Mahoso, the chairman of a government appointed media regulatory body, the Media and Information Commission, accused Gono of masterminding the cash shortages which he said had done more harm to the economy than opposition-inspired job boycotts, known as “stay-aways”.
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