Gono interview exposes Kereke police ‘capture’

FORMER Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gidien Gono might have opened the lid on alleged abuse of State apparatus by senior officials in President Robert Mugabe’s administration including the police.

Gono, in an interview with a State-owned weekly, claimed his jailed former adviser, Munyaradzi Kereke used a contingent of police to harass and intimidate RBZ staffers including refusing to hand over classified files following his sacking.

“So powerful were some quarters operating in his corner such that he could command police to appear anywhere he wanted by just making one phone call.

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