Sakunda sets aside $3,2bn for hospital upgrades

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally, Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s Sakunda Holdings has set aside $3,2 billion to support government’s response to COVID-19 for the next 12 months, NewsDay Weekender has learnt.

Tagwirei, through his Sakunda Arundel Group, yesterday donated an ambulance to United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) during the official opening of Old Bartley’s Memorial block at the referral hospital.

The COVID-19 isolation centre, with a 50-bed capacity, was renovated by government with the support of Sakunda Arundel Group, which has also adopted 60 beds at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals.

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