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Chombo implicated in Midlands land scam
Brenna Matendere ·
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo has been implicated in the irregular allocation of State land to private developers in the Midlands province.
Cecilia Chitiyo, the former Midlands provincial administrator (PA), told the Justice Tendai Uchena-led commission of inquiry into sale of State land that Chombo, who headed the Local
Government ministry between 2000 and 2015, gave the nod to all the allocations that later turned out to be irregular.
She claimed that Chombo allowed for the annexure of commercial farms surrounding Gweru, Shurugwi and Zvishavane, before he formally transferred the land in question from the Lands
ministry to the Local Government ministry as per procedure.
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