Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight escalates

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his political fixers are trying to nail Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga over his ally, Deputy health minister John Mangwiro’s scandal of coercing state-owned medical supplies entity  NatPharm to award a US$5.6 million Covid-19 tender to a Chinese company in which he had a personal interest, according to leading news outlet The NewsHawks.

This is part of the ongoing power struggle between Mnangagwa and Chiwenga who are fighting over who should rule the country from 2023.

Mnangagwa and Chiwenga were close allies in 2017 when they toppled the late former president Robert Mugabe, but no sooner had their mentor gone than they started fighting in a new power struggle.

VP Chiwenga inspecting the guard of honour in China

Informed sources this week told The NewsHawks that Mnangagwa and his allies, through the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu), are pushing to implicate and nail Chiwenga into the corrupt deal.

Mangwiro intervened after NatPharm had blocked the Chinese company in which he had  an undeclared interest – Young Health Care Limited – from getting a tender to supply vital Covid-19 materials.

This even after Young Health Care had reduced its inflated quote by a staggering US$2.6 million.

After an investigation, Zacc recommended that Mangwiro,  Chiwenga’s deputy and his personal physician, be investigated and prosecuted for criminal abuse of office.

 

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