Top Zanu PF officials and War veterans who benefited from the controversial land reform programme are  selling irrigation equipment which government sourced for farming production , a senior government official has complained.
Part of the equipment which is being sold includes equipment which government under former Vice President Joice Mujuru secured from Brazil  last year.
Deputy Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development minister Davis Marapira made this revelation to state journalists on Monday when he said the development was going to worsen the country’s food security which is already at stake.
Marapira said the unproductive farmers are removing pumps, as well as computer and gear boxes from the centre pivot irrigation equipment and selling them on the black market.
The deputy minister said vandalism of irrigation equipment was rife in Mashonaland West and Masvingo provinces.
“We are in the process of investigating these culprits and we will prosecute them through the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement,” said Marapira.