Madiro rubbishes $15bn diamond saga

HOME Affairs deputy minister Mike Madiro on Thursday described the $15 billion diamond issue as frivolous after MDC Alliance senators grilled him in Parliament over whether there had been any arrests of those implicated in the diamond saga.

Manicaland senator Keresencia Chabuka (MDC Alliance) had demanded to know those arrested, given that it was an issue that happened when the economy was bleeding and the country was almost bankrupt.

“With the risk of being dishonourable, I was going to say the question is frivolous, but let me say that the $15 billion issue — if people make statements in jest and they are taken seriously, then I don’t think it is right to give way to something which is not substantiated,” Madiro said.

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