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Harare Bureau
A CASE in which former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono is accused of diverting US$37,5 million to his own use and circulating Cabinet minutes and military files to hostile foreign governments has been tentatively set to start in September.
Dr Gono’s ex-advisor at the bank, Munyaradzi Kereke, filed suits against his former boss at both the High and Constitutional courts, saying he had evidence showing that he also abused R1,4 million and 21,500 British pounds.
Dr Kereke, who is now National Assembly representative for Bikita West, wants the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to investigate and arrest Gono on allegations of theft, corruption and fraud committed at the time he was RBZ boss.
Lawyers representing the parties involved in the high profile constitutional feud hammered a tentative agreement yesterday for the case to be heard on September 17 and 18.
Advocate Firoz Girach, Adv Lewis Uriri and Itayi Ndudzo, who are acting for Dr Gono, Kereke and ZACC chairman Denford Chirindo respectively, appeared before Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku in Harare to map the way forward.
Kereke objected to former Finance Minister Tendai Biti’s involvement in the matter. Biti represented Dr Gono before Adv Girach took over.
derick.khumalo