By A Correspondent- Tourism and Hospitality minister, Prisca Mupfumira, has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission (ZACC) where she is reportedly being questioned.

The ZACC, led by Justice Loice Matanda Moyo confirmed Mupfumira’s “arrest” adding that the organisation was not in a position to speak about the development but would issue a statement to the media as the day progressed.

Reports indicate Mupfumira, who before her current Cabinet post was Labour and Social Welfare Minister, has been nabbed on allegations of corruption and abuse of office at NSSA.

Independent legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa is on record accusing Mupfumira of graft which he claimed was unearthed by the auditor general Mildred Chiri’s NSSA forensic audit.

The NSSA report, which was supposed to be tabled before parliament has however been missing and the current Public Services minister Sekai Nzenza has come under fire for “refusing” to table the report to parliament as required by the law.

In her response to parliament, Nzenza is on record saying she had no legal obligation to present the report.

She said:

“I caught the tail-end of the question, but I know what the question
is about. It is about when I will present the results of the NSSA forensic audit I tabled here. I have now done enough consultation; there is no legal obligation for me to table it. However, I can table it once annually. If they read it – I can present it only once on an annual basis, that is what it says.”

On Wednesday, legislators suggested that Nzenza should be charged with contempt of parliament for failing to execute her mandate and present the NSSA report before parliament as required by the law.

While ZACC did not disclose the specific nature of the charges that Mupfumira is facing, inside sources confirmed that the net is closing in on the tourism minister for graft at NSSA.