Former Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi reportedly sold one of his Vainona houses to a Harare businessman (name withheld) to fund his political party, The Zimbabwe Sun can exclusively reveal.

Mzembi, one of the G-40 kingpins, was deposed in November 2017 in a military operation code-named Operation Restore Legacy.

“His business empire has crumbled and now he has sold his house to fund his political party. He has not been in the country since 2018 and things are falling apart,” a source revealed.

The former tourism minister, ensconced in exile, launched his political outfit People’s Party in January this year.

Already some of its members have resigned citing irregularities in the party.

“The party had no direction because of monetary issues, forcing some members to resign. Now he had to sell some of his properties to fund party activities,” he added.

Yesterday outspoken Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena sensationally claimed that Mzembi received US$1 million, though he could not divulge where it came from.

The exposure was inadvertently made while he was urging another exiled politician Professor Jonathan Moyo to move on.

“I hear you Prof. In the humble opinion of a concerned youngster, you took politics way too personally. Your allies are (at)home; Chipanga, Chombo, Grace…Kasukuwere invested, Mzembi recently received US$1 million yet life’s still unfair to you. You have young girls (and) they need their dad,” he tweeted.

Party treasurer-general Agrippa Bopela Masiyakurima, however, claimed on twitter no such funds had found their way into party accounts.

“As The Treasurer General @PeoplesPartyZim,i never received money from @zanupf patriots as @JusticeMayorW is waffling about.We just know that Zanu Pf tried to infiltrate us thru @TysonWabantu coming in thru back door.If @waltermzembi received money,it was for his personal use,” Masiyakurima said.

Efforts to get a comment from Mzembi were futile.

-Online