Tomana suspended

The prosecutor- general, Johannes Tomana has been suspended by President Robert Mugabe pending investigations by a three-member commission.

 Johannes Tomana

Johannes Tomana

Ray Goba has been appointed acting Prosecutor-General while Tomana is on suspension.
The commission will be chaired by retired judge Moses Chingengo.
Tomana has been accused of abuse of office. He refused to prosecute a high profile case of rape involving a ZANU (pf) member of parliament and then went on to refuse to issue a certificate to allow private prosecution until forced to do so by the Supreme Court.
He also refused to prosecute a ZANU (pf) connected business woman who was alleged to have defrauded a telecommunications company.

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