8.9.2024
4:22
Ex-convict
Wicknell
Chivayo
has
derided
his
detained
business
partners,
Mike
Chimombe
and
Moses
Mpofu,
calling
them
“petty
criminals”
rather
than
friends.
In
a
post
on
the
social
media
platform
X,
Chivayo
claimed
that
Chimombe
and
Mpofu
are
facing
“inevitable
conviction”
for
fraud
related
to
two
tender
scandals:
the
goat
supply
scheme
and
street
light
contracts,
in
which
they
allegedly
falsified
documents
and
misappropriated
millions
of
USD
for
personal
gain.
Chivayo
has
previously
referred
to
the
pair
as
“incompetent
idiots,”
labelling
one
as
his
“teaboy”
and
the
other
as
a
“shoe-polisher.”
Chimombe
and
Mpofu
are
accused
of
defrauding
the
government
in
a
US$7.7
million
scheme
involving
the
President’s
Goats
Initiative
and
a
US$9
million
tender
for
street
lights
from
Harare
City
Council.
Their
arrest
followed
their
exposure
of
an
alleged
US$100
million
corruption
scandal
involving
the
Zimbabwe
Electoral
Commission
(ZEC)
and
several
high-ranking
state
officials.
In
response
to
a
question
on
X
from
user
LynneM,
who
asked,
“Hana
yako
hairove
here
kana
uchinzwa
kuti
your
friends
[Chimombe]
&
Mpofu
are
rotting
in
Chikurubi?”
Chivayo
replied:
Ichiroverei
hayo
nhai
hadzvadzi,
kana
uine
tu
ma
usd
mbichana
muhomwe
hana
haiwanzo
rova
zveku
mhanya.Get
it
right
,
those
two
were
never
my
friends
and
as
a
patriotic
and
law
abiding
citizen
I’m
extremely
grateful
such
petty
two
cents
criminals
have
been
brought
to
book.🤣🤣🤣.I’m
not
a
lawyer
but
the
essential
elements
of
“FRAUD”
are
unlawful
misrepresentation
and
prejudice.
They
used
fake
documents
=
they
misrepresented.They
got
paid
,
didn’t
deliver
and
converted
the
money
to
their
own
use
=
they
prejudiced
the
government.
Nyangwe
vakano
mutsa
George
Chikumbirike
na
Chris
Anderson
vabatsirane
maonero
angu
apa
a
Conviction
is
inevitable…Kana
vaka
ngwara
their
lawyers
must
concentrate
more
researching
on
mitigation.
E.g
“My
lord
our
clients
are
both
breadwinners
and
Father’s
of
16
and
11
children
each
with
different
Mother’s
,
consequently
they
suffer
from
various
venereal
diseases
which
we
can’t
mention
publicly
here
in
court
but
can
come
and
whisper
to
you
in
your
chambers
my
Lord.”Mungazoti
ndine
hutsinye
iyo
one
strong
point
ye
mitigation
ndatovapa
from
Advocate
Wicknell
Chivayo
SC.
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