Prisca mupfumira biography samples

Prisca Mupfumira

Former Public Service Labour and Social Welfare minister, Prisca Mupfumira, was yesterday acquitted of charges of defrauding the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) US$90 million after a full trial.

Mupfumira, who was initially charged together with Barnabas Matongera, was facing  charges of criminal abuse of office.

Matongera was the first to be acquitted of the same allegations.

Mupfumira was accused of giving specific instructions to NSSA to enter into a housing project with a company called Drawcard Enterprises (Private) Limited (Drawcard).

It was alleged that Mupfumira and Matongera gave specific instructions to NSSA to proceed with a housing project named Mzenya Off-take Housing Scheme, which ought to have been done in compliance with tender procedures.

It was alleged  that they did so without approval from the NSSA board of directors.

In so doing, they are alleged to have by-passed tender proc