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Africa Subsaharan
Zimbabwe: Chombo Found With Us$10 Million Cash
2017-11-17
[All Africa] Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was reportedly found with US$10m in cash at his Harare home after the property was raided by the military Wednesday morning.

The minister, said to be one of President Bob Muggsy Mugabe
Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case...
's most corrupt officials, was among the first ministers detained by the army as Generals deposed the 93-year-old Zanu PF leader from power.

The unverified claim that Chombo had bags of cash at plush home was made by independent Norton politician Temba Mliswa.

"Just for your own information, Minister Chombo's house which was invaded as he got tossed in the calaboose
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
had US$10 million," Mliswa claimed in an interview with Al Jazeera.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible...
also reported to have been detained were higher education minister Jonathan Moyo and local government counterpart Saviour Kasukuwere.

The two were said to have sought refuge at Mugabe's private Harare home where the veteran leader was being held hostage
Posted by:Fred

#3  Spicey!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-11-17 18:17  

#2  Well maybe some of the funds, P2k.

All those other 'siphons' happening downstream, don't you know.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-11-17 08:22  

#1  Seems those military pay checks just got covered. See - prize money.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-11-17 07:38  

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