This was after ZACC investigators were reportedly blocked by armed police from conducting searches at National Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Board and Zimbabwe Mining development Corporation offices.
ZACC was targeting Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, Transport Minister Nicholas Goche and Obert Mpofu, the Minister of Mines before the commission was blocked by the High Court last week.
“We did not challenge the High Court order ruling because we wanted to regroup and discuss as commissioners what to do next,” ZACC spokesperson, Goodwill Shana, told reporters today at a press conference.
Desperate attempt
ZACC has been the subject of attack by state media with Zanu (PF) Tsholotsho MP Jonathan Moyo accusing the anti-graft body’s commissioners of corruption and receiving covert funding from Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono.
However, Shana yesterday denied the allegation saying ZACC was not receiving money from anywhere except the Treasury.
“It is a desperate attempt to cast aspersions on the image of ZACC,” Shana said.
Shana denied that ZACC secured search warrants from the High Court to “pursue under-hand and malicious investigations against certain organisations”.
“ZACC wants to put it on record that it exhausted all prescribed procedures and avenues for obtaining search warrants, including the police and magistrate courts,” he said.
Shana said they approached the High Court after all channels failed, which was unusual looking at recent history. He said the High Court judge who issued the search warrant believed it had legal merit to grant it.
Shana added: “As ZACC, we are not prompted by political considerations but by reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed.” Shana said ZACC commissioners were appointed by President Robert Mugabe after he was satisfied they met the criteria.
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