By Staff Reporter
ZANU PF’s Director for Health Services, Retired Colonel Stanford Chigumira, has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption (ZACC) on allegations of fraud.
Chigumira, a medical doctor by profession, is facing fraud after allegedly soliciting a US$500 bribe from Mirriam Mverechena to secure a place for her son in the Primary Care Nurse Training Course for the September 2024 intake.
In a statement by ZACC, its alleged that after Mverechena’s son did not get the opportunity to enrol at the school, she reported Chigumira to the Ministry of Health and ZACC, leading to his arrest.
“The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Dr. Stanford Chigumira, Director for Health Services in Zanu PF, on allegations of fraud.
“Dr. Chigumira is accused of soliciting and receiving a $500 payment from Mirriam Mverechena to facilitate securing a place for her son in the Primary Care Nurse Training Course for the September 2024 intake.
“When Mverechena’s son was not admitted into the programmr, she reported to the Ministry of Health and Child Care and ZACC, leading to Dr. Chigumira’s arrest,” reads the statement
Chigumira is scheduled to appear in the Harare Magistrate Court Saturday, December 14, 2024.
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