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Mnangagwa-Son ScotFree As Notorious Michael Reza Appointed To Prosecute Own Minister
16 October 2020
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By Farai D Hove | At a time when Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, Collins is walking on scotfree despite clear links to the multi-million dollar fraud involving the briefcase company, Drax, the top most “dark-angel” prosecutor, Michael Reza, has been appointed over the case trying the former minister of health, Obadiah Moyo.

Moyo is on trial for his alleged involvement in NatPharm’s unprocedural contract with Drax International LLC to supply medicines and surgical sundries, and is consequently facing criminal abuse of office charges.

Will Obadiah Moyo ever go to jail? Obadiah-Moyo is Emmerson Mnangagwa’s cousin, a term called “uncle” or sekuru, in the Shona vernacular.

He is son to Mnangagwa’s mother’s brother. 

When the police arrested him mid June this year, while he was signing a warned and cautioned statement, the state machinators decided to release him on Emmerson Mnangagwa’s orders. The head of the Central Intelligence Organisation, Isaac Moyo is another of his relatives who worked together with Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi. They together went to Mnangagwa and organised that everything be staged so that he (Obadiah Moyo) is served so to subdue growing public angers over the Draxgate scandal. The plan was that Obadiah Moyo would sleep inside the police cells, and then bail be granted (and even that was cut short – he left Rhodesville Police station soon after arrival.)

The CIO Director General and Ziyambi then went to get Obadiah Moyo’s own muzukuru, cousin, Munamato Mutevedzi who is the acting Chief Magistrate. Mutevedzi was invited to come and sit on the same case and the case had the prosecutor saying that bail is not opposed.

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  • He was charged a bail of $50,000, which is just USD380. a small amount over a case involving USD60 million.
  • He had to take a fall to save Mnangagwa’s son, Collins, so he is actually a hero, in Mnangagwa’s eyes.

Asking for bail conditions to be relaxed

 

Prosecutor Mr Michael Reza yesterday told the court that the Zacc investigations manager, a Mr Midzi, had told him that once this final document was secured, Moyo’s case would be ready for trial.

Mr Reza said this while responding to Moyo’s application for relaxation of his bail reporting conditions.

Moyo wanted the lifting of all reporting conditions, which compel him to report to the police three times a week, saying these visits were costly and causing him a lot of inconvenience.

Said Mr Reza: “We are opposed to the application because about two to three months ago is when the accused was placed on remand and among conditions was that he reports three times a week.

“Nothing has changed between then and now. The defence was aware, but they now say reporting conditions are costly and inconvenient, but they did not challenge it in any way.

“It is not as if they have suddenly realised that these conditions cause inconvenience. State sees no reason why that condition should be interfered with.

“Reporting conditions serve a purpose and for all we know, he is coming to court because of reporting conditions. State should be able to give a trial date on the next remand date, according to the investigating officer.”

Through his lawyer, Mr George Mhlanga, Moyo argued there were changed circumstances since the day he initially appeared in court.

He said the State had promised to conclude investigations within a short period of time, but they were still pending. Harare regional magistrate Mr Trynos Utahwashe is expected to make a ruling on October 27.