Chombo’s bail rulling deferred to today

A HARARE magistrate yesterday deferred bail ruling on ex-Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo to today, saying he had not finished writing the ruling.

Chombo, who is facing six counts of criminal abuse of office and fraud, was arrested on Monday and appeared before regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje on Wednesday, where an application for bail was done.

The former Local Government minister stands accused of swindling the State after he allegedly directed several housing co-operatives between 2000 and 2015 to remit money and rates into his personal Agribank bank account, instead of government coffers.

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