Mupfumira, a senior member of the ruling ZANU-PF party was previously labour minister and social welfare minister [File: Ministry of Environment, Tourism and hospitality]
Zimbabwe‘s minister of tourism has been held for questioning by a newly-constituted anti-corruption commission.
According to state-owned daily The Herald, Prisca Mupfumira was detained on Thursday over the alleged disappearance of millions of dollars at the country’s pension fund when she was social welfare minister.
She is the first senior government official to be held by the commission which was overhauled by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on July 15.
“We can confirm that the minister of tourism is currently in our custody for questioning and possible due processes,” the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) said in a brief statement on Thursday. It did not give any details.
According to Zimbabwean laws, a suspect must appear in court within 48 hours after his or her arrest.