By Talent Gondo | The Mines and Energy portfolio committee has summoned Vice President Kembo Mohadi, Central Intelligent Organisation (CIO) boss Isaac Moyo, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa and several other individuals and organisations over the missing USD 15 billion.

These people and organisations have been summoned to present oral evidence before parliament as the hunt for the missing USD 15 billion diamond money intensifies.

The committee chaired by Norton’s Independent legislator Temba Mliswa revealed that ZIMRA Commissioner General Faith Mazani, ZDC Chairperson and businessman, Lovemore Kurotwi, Former ZRP Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri and the current ZRP boss Godwin Matanga, Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga and Willard Manungo the Permanent Secretary in the Finance and Economic Planning ministry will also give their oral evidence before the portfolio committee.

ZMDC, ZCDC and MMCZ management and their board members have also been summoned before parliament on April 9 2018.

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has already tendered an apology indicating he will not be able to attend the session.

The parliamentary oral evidence hearings follows revelations by the former President Robert Mugabe, that Zimbabwe lost over USD 15 billion in diamond revenue through massive looting by mining firms and individuals.

Speaking to the ZBC on the occasion of his 92nd birthday, Mugabe stunned the nation when he said the country had been fleeced of over USD15 billion diamond money.

Mliswa is however on record that parliament is not on a witch hunt but was in the process of “seeking answers to the allegations by Mugabe”.