CIO, cops investigate ministers | The Zimbabwean. 07 June 2014
“The technical department and supporting offices in CIO are working flat out on the issue. They are holding long meetings with senior police officers almost daily,” he added.
The other source said one of the ministers had fallen out with both the CIO and the police but still had friends in the army, particularly in the Military Intelligence (MI) unit.
“His days are numbered. It is now clear that he was one of the active agents in the creation of Baba Jukwa. He still talks to the army, but all the other security departments want to do away with him. Because of that, army intelligence has been left out of the investigations,” he said.
Relations between MI and CIO are reported to have worsened due to differences of opinion on how to treat the Baba Jukwa saga. “The military and intelligence have never been the best of friends, particularly over who of the two heads (Constantine Chiwenga, army, and Happyton Bonyongwe, CIO) is more influential, but this Baba Jukwa thing has intensified the animosity,” said one of the sources.
While MI has been carrying out its own investigations since the establishment of the Baba Jukwa page early last year, it remains clueless, said the second source, and seems to believe the minister’s claim that the Facebook platform was run by two South Africa-based journalists, Mxolisi Ncube and Mkhululi Chimoio.
Both journalists have denied involvement in the project and appointed a local lawyer, Obert Gutu, to clear their names.
Even though the four are the main focus of investigations, the sources said, numerous other Zanu (PF) stalwarts were involved in leaking party secrets to Baba Jukwa and would face disciplinary action ahead of a crucial party elective congress to be held later this year. The Zimbabwean has revealed in recent weeks that some senior Zanu (PF) politicians aligned to Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa were using the sensational exposes to fight a factional war ahead of congress by soiling the names of their rivals through the media.
But the plot seems to have boomeranged as the politicians who started the exposes are the ones who are now the prime suspects in current security sector investigations. Sources said members loyal to Vice President Joice Mujuru would also be investigated.
Zanu (PF) Information Secretary, Rugare Gumbo, and Didymus Mutasa, who is in charge of administration, have both acknowledged that their party resolved to investigate the individuals behind Baba Jukwa. But neither responded to repeated calls from this newspaper.
COMMENTS
We were told that zanupf were not concerned at all about Baba Jukwa and Mai Jukwa???
How about putting the same zest into bringing to book The Kleptocrats, outright Looters and curtailing the obscene salaries of the many well connected thieves!
They Need to focus on the economy not that partisan nonsence. When shall Zanu PF behave like a govenment. Using CIO for party witch hunting is the most corrupt and undemocratic thing to do. All efforts must be directed to ZIMASET, failure to make it work will bury Zanu PF’s chance to sell another blue print in future.
Diesel from rocks gain
Brainless kleptomaniacs, murderers you name it , Zanu are it.
Just a question – is Moyo one of the Ministers being investigated????
The warning shots were fired just yesterday. Tiza Jona
Just another load of twaddle. Remember the IMMINENT arrestof a Minister that RGM mentioned months and months ago at the height of corruption exposures? What happened to that?
Its all a storm in a tea cup!
They are all investigating each other. No one can trust anyone! Zimbabwe has become a nation of ears and eyes. But what we don’t understand is that God is watching!
“But what we don’t understand is that God is watching!”
He may be watching, but He will do nothing to interfere with human free will.
You are right. God is just an observer. He will not interfere. I think it has been demonstrated now that no matter how much we pray and cry nothing changes until we take action.
WHAT A JOKE! MAFIA INVESTIGATING ITSELF FOR CORRUPTION!
Ok boys and girls, we have two options – investigate systemic corruption by multiple cabinet ministers versus chase down a whistle-blower. Dumbo Zimbo. They’re like Maxwell Smart of tv fame – talking into their shoes. Zim is a tragi-comedy (Google it CIO) and I do hope CIO know the real reason the EU is snuggling up? Hint: it won’t be good for ordinary Zim people.