By Jane Mlambo| Controversial Zanu PF politician, Acie Lumumba has claimed that state security agents had narrowed down sources of illegal foreign currency dealings and will soon meet up with Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube to sniff out economic saboteurs.
Lumumba told a local publication that top Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) officials were fuelling the mess on the market and would soon be placed under surveillance.
“The minister is receiving briefs, yes, and will meet them (security sector) this week. The minister is committed to arresting the situation and the security agencies have narrowed down the source of the criminal activities. It’s clear we have dirty hands collaborating with government officials and it’s only a matter of time now before government shuts down the aggressive influence of the black market and clean up errant government complicity,” he said.
He added that the level at which RBZ had been “captured” by the suspected saboteurs required the intervention of the security sector, as Ncube would not be able to execute the job alone.
“There are directors at RBZ, especially, who are holding industry captive. The corruption at director level of the RBZ is pure poison and there is no single business that doesn’t know that the directors are out of control. RBZ has been captured and the governor will need security sector support to clean that up,” he said.
Addressing party supporters in Hwedza over the weekend, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga warned those seeking to profiteer from the current economic situation by arbitrarily increasing prices of basic goods saying they would be dealt with.
“I want to make this clear. There are those who think they have an opportunity, they are wasting their time.
“We are solving that, and they will be ashamed. We do not want people to take this nation for granted. It came after bloodshed. It is pointless to note that my pocket is full yet others have nothing. It is pointless that others are in poverty, while you are full. So we will build the nation all of us so that we have a Zimbabwe that we all want.”