Clerk of Parliament Chokuda arrested

Mr. Kennedy Mugove Chokuda – Clerk of Parliament – APLESA CONFERENCE 2023 — Kennedy Chokuda

Zim Now Writer

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested Clerk of Parliament, Mr Kennedy Mugove Chokuda, for criminal abuse of office.

Mugove was arrested in his capacity as a public officer as defined in section 174 of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act Chapter 9:23.

Though the anti-garft commission could not shed light on the reasons for the arrest, it comes amid an outcry by parliamentarians about the purchase of computers whose prices they believed were too astronomical.

In 2022, Parliament awarded two companies tenders for the supply of laptops and desktops with one of them contracted to supply 173 laptops at US$9 200 each.