The outgoing Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition director Mcdonald Lewanika is being accused of continuously siphoning the coalition’s funds through unsanctioned international trips at a time he was supposed to have left the organization.
Lewanika who was kicked out of the civil society representative grouping last year  after being slapped for allegedly abusing donor funds, flouting tender procedures among other bad corporate governance issues, remains at the helm of the organization with the blessings of a “few”  divided   board members.
Using the Coalition’s finances Lewanika, and others allegedly chewed over $15 000 on allowances on top of a sponsored  one week long Zimbabwe-Europe Network in  Brussels.
A respected source within the disgruntled coalition’s workers told this reporter on Thursday that the three who returned early this week “illegally’ went to Europe.
“The three had gone there to present on behalf of Civil Society Organizations’ the country’s situation to Europe about the Zimbabwe situation”, said the source
“Although their trip was sponsored by the hosts their attendance was illegal because the board had not sanctioned it. When attending such high level meetings the board should sit and select members to attend on behalf of the coalition”.
Late last month Lewanika  indicated that he was leaving the organization “soon” and appointed his Programmes Manager Nixon Nyikadzino to the acting directorship.
“He told us that he is leaving in August and we understand that he wants to left the $8 00 000 which was donated by some development partners recently exhausted,” added the sources.