Witness nails down fired deputy minister

THE trial of former Lands and Agriculture deputy minister Douglas Karoro who was fired in June this year after being implicated in the theft of inputs sourced under the Presidential Inputs Scheme started yesterday with the State witness Widdorn Chiodza nailing him down.

Karoro is charged together with Mugove Chidamba, Lovejoy Ngove, and Jeremy Phiri who are being represented by Admire Rubaya, while Dean Dzimunya is being represented by Batanayi Pesanayi.

The ex-deputy minister is accused of fraud after he and his accomplices allegedly, sold agricultural inputs from the Presidential Input Scheme.

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