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Chombo trial date set

Desmond Choingarande ·

A HARARE magistrate has set March 7 as the trial date for former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo who faces fraud and criminal abuse of office charges.

Chombo, who yesterday appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje, was represented by Tungamirai Muganhiri.

According to the State, Chombo misrepresented to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) that he was applying for a capital expenditure loan for the purpose of acquiring farm equipment.

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