By Paul Nyathi|Trust Bank a registered financial institution has applied for the High Court to inflict civil imprisonment on Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development Terrence Mukupe.

According to a court roll, Mukupe is set to appear in the court soon over an undisclosed outstanding amount.

Civil imprisonment is when a person fails to pay their debts and have nothing of value that can be recovered to offset the debt, either because they have hidden their assets or they have nothing to attach.

Trust Bank joins a host of other institutions that have gone to the courts to recover their debts from the deputy minister. Steward Bank recently applied for a similar civil imprisonment claim against Mukupe over a debt of $100 000.

Opposition parties have continuously questioned how Mukupe has managed to remain in the Ministry of Finance when he is failing to manage his personal finances.