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Top ED aide risks overnight detention in graft trial
Desmond Chingarande ·
DEPUTY Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Martin Rushwaya on Wednesday risked overnight detention for contempt of court in the on-going corruption trial of former Cabinet minister Priscah Mupfumira.
Rushwaya was summoned by the State to testify against Mupfumira, who is charged with fast-tracking a project to build low-income houses in Gweru through Drawcard Enterprises without seeking National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board approval and without going to tender.
NSSA falls under the purview of the Labour ministry, which Mupfumira headed at the time the offence was allegedly committed.
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