Mutodi a victim of speaking against corruption?

President  Emmerson  Mnangagwa (L) with Dr Energy  Mutodi (R)

Chairperson  of Budget ,Finance , Economic  Development  and Investment Promotion   Energy Mutodi is  contemplating to leave the country  as he is living  in fear .

According  to sources, Mutodi has been receiving  threats  from anonymous  numbers.

This follows Mutodi's tweets raising allegations  that Finance  Permanent  Secretary  George  Guvamatanga has been receiving  between 5-10%  kickbacks  from contractors .

However,  Mutodi later on withdrew the tweets  with sources suggesting that he had received  threats from high ranked officials within  the Gorvenment system.

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Sources suggest that Guvamatanga vowed to end Mutodi's political  carrier.

Mutodi is a longtime ally of President  Emmerson  Mnangagwa dating back to the succession  battles  that pitted Lacoste and G40 factions in the build up to the ouster of  then late President  of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel  Mugabe.

Despite the withdrawal of the tweets,  Guvamatanga   still has to face Parliamentary  Portfolio  Committee  on Finance.

Former Speaker of Parliament  Lovemore Moyo said  that " Once a case is raised before Parliament  it cannot  be withdrawn on social  media" Moyo tweeted.

Hansard number 51 volume 57 has an official record  calling for Guvamatanga to be summoned by the Parliamentary  Portfolio  Committee to answer  charges of corruption

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