Know Your Minister- Prisca Mupfumira
25 July 2019
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1. She is the current Tourism and Hospitality minister and is a Senator for Mashonaland West province.

2.In December 2014, Mupfumira was appointed Minister of Public Services, Labour and Social Welfare, replacing Nicholas Goche.

3. She is a Zanu Pf Politburo member .

4. She was first implicated in corruption at NSSA by Independent legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa in parliament in 2018. Mliswa accused Mupfumira of graft arguing that her political connections to the presidium made her untouchable. He said this when he was chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Mines and Energy.

5. She was named as one of the corrupt officials by the Zanu Pf youth league and her name appeared together with other political heavyweights including Jorum Gumbo, Obert Mpofu and RBZ Governor John Pagwesese Mangudya on a list published by Lewis Matutu a few weeks ago.

6. During her tenure as Public service minister, Mupfumira reportedly ordered the reinstatement of corrupt officials at PSMAS in 2015. She ordered PSMAS board chairman Jeremiah Bvirindi to reinstate suspended managing director Henry Mandishona despite him facing a slew of allegations, including prejudicing the financially crippled institution of nearly US$300 000 in a space of four months.

7. She has been on an intense Zimbabwe Tourism marketing campaign this year. In 2019, she visited Dubai to market Zimbabwe, Cape Verde to attend the 1st UNWTO Ministerial Conference, England, to increase engagement with citizens domiciled in Europe to encourage them to come and invest back in the country, particularly in the tourism sector.