Own Correspondent|A grouping of would be Korean investors has released a joint statement claiming that they never paid Deputy Minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi money to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
In a statement the Korean based cult Universal Peace Federation refuted allegations that they paid Mutondi $500,000 as a ‘facilitation fee’ to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Defense Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri.
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The Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) in conjunction with the Universal Peace Federation would like to make it clear that it never paid anyone anything to have access to His Excellency The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Reports that the Deputy Minister of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services demanded a bribe to allow our officials to meet the President are false. Our regional Group Chairman has previously on couple of occasions met His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa.before meeting Hon. Mutodi without the need to buy favours.
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The allegations against Mutodi came after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday told ZANU PF Central Committee that an official in his party charged a potential investor five million Rand to connect them to meet him.
“They say before I take you, pay up. One person told me that he was charged 5 million rand to come see me. He was told that three quarters of the money would go to the president (and the other quarter to the fixer),”Mnangagwa said. “So corruption, corruption, corruption, down with corruption. Being asked to pay to see (Defence minister Oppah) Muchinguri, down with corruption.”