By Jane Mlambo| Information Secretary Nick Mangwana has accused top constitutional expert Alex Magaisa who released names of beneficiaries of the controversial farm mechanization scheme, of deliberately leaving out names saying, it smacks of a nefarious intent.

Posting on Twitter, Mangwana said the fight for public accountability was been used as a political tool against the state and ruling party.

“The fight for public accountability should never be seen as a political tool. When lists of beneficiaries of State programs are published with some names deliberately redacted, then the exposé betrays its nefarious intent. The act of redacting certain names in itself is corrupt,” said Mangwana.

Yesterday, United Kingdom based law lecturer Alex Magaisa released names of top ranking personalities who benefitted from the RBZ initiated farm mechanization scheme with all of the beneficiaries having defaulted.

The list has attracted wide debate with people accusing the beneficiaries of milking state coffers but former RBZ Governor has attempted to pacify what has been term money heist claiming that it was not a loan scheme but a program to support new farmers who acquired land from former white owners without capacity.