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Another whistleblower drags Kasekende to IGG over accumulated properties in UK and Zambia

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Our Reporter
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Former BoU Deputy Governor, Dr. Louis Kasekende.

 

 A whistleblower has dragged former Deputy Governor of Bank of Uganda Louis Kasekende to the Inspectorate of Government over what the whistleblower calls non-declaration of assert to the IG and falsification of wealth under pseudo names.

In a document received by the Inspectorate titled confidential notes, corruption against former Deputy Governor Louis Kasekende, the whistleblower says in accordance with the Leadership Code Act 2002, all public servants and leaders are required to declare their wealth to the IGG, but Kasekende didn’t declare his wealth. “He has acquired a lot of money and property in Luzira, Bugolobi, Buloba along Mityana road, and Naguru and evidence is attached to this effect” reads the report. It further continues “Kasekende’s leaked are beyond, he has account in one of the banks in Zambia and this account I will avail the evidence with time.

The whistleblower further alleges that the former number two at the central bank has properties in United Kingdom and Zambia.

Click on the link below to read whistleblower’s petition

whistleblower to IGG reg kasekende.pdf

“Kasekende and wife own other properties in the United Kingdomwhich the IGG needs to investigate and these property evidence is attached. Many witnesses are ready to give evidence to that effect as long as they are protected by your office. Kasekende has a woman he uses called Agelah Nasaali, she is based in Zambia she has a company dealing in mining called KASE-NASA Mining Limited, Kasekende has 60 per cent. It has account number 600123445001 in Cavmont Bank Limited (CBL). Evidence will be given to investigator at the right time” Reads the petition.

However, this website has established that an official of the Inspectorate known as Naol Akello who previously handled the earlier probe into same allegations is alleged to have taken a low profile in investigating Mr. Kasekenda after a meeting with one of the city lawyer who arranged and met her in Nairobi. Eagle Online has also reliably learnt that another lawyer known as Robert has been frequenting the Inspectorate with a view of stopping the investigations.

Kasekende exited Bank of Uganda in January upon expiry of his contract but the appointing authority never extended or renewed which saw him extensively lobby but without any results.

Sources says the lobby is still ongoing but it faced a snag when Secretary to the Treasury Keith Muhakanizi and Finance Minister Matia Kasaija both write confidential reports to the appointing authority indicating that he should be returned to the central bank. Mr Kasekende’s lonely voice that is struggling to lobby but without any success is former Auditor General and now BoU board member James Kahooza. Mr. Kahooza is a tight friend of Kasekende and with Kasekende’s exit, he finds hard time sitting on the board.

In December 2018, a leaked document showed that Dr. Kasekende transferred 12 plots of land into the names of his driver Moses Musitwa in an effort to dodge the scrutiny of the Inspector General of Government (IGG).

The IGG among other mechanisms used the Leadership Code Act 2002, to catch senior public officials who may have involved in corruption to grow wealth. The officials are required by the Act to declare their properties for purposes of accountability and transparency.

According to the document, Dr. Kasekende transferred the properties to the names of his driver on January 31, 2018.

The document says Kasekende has 35 properties in his names yet he only declared to IGG six properties.

The leaked documents show that much as Kasekende transferred the properties into names his driver Musitwa, there is no evidence to show that the deputy governor sold the plots to the latter.

The plots are located in Busiro on Block 314. They are plots No. 6090, 6091, 6092, 6093, 6094, 6095, 6096, 6097, 6098, 6099, 6100 and 6101. The plots range from 0.0450-0.0590 hectares.

 

 

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Auditor General to carry out forensic audit into the mismanagement of Police Exodus Sacco

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Isaiah Mwebaze
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Speaker Kadaga

 

 

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has vowed to direct the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit into the mismanagement of the Police Exodus Sacco.

Kadaga together with MPs; Elijah Okupa, James Waluswaka  and Gafa Mbwatekamwa said in a meeting with the Police Joint Chief of Staff, Brig Jack Bakasumba, Asst. Commissioner of Police, Abubaker Ziwedde and other members of the new management of the Exodus Sacco.

Kadaga met the team to get an update on reports of alleged mismanagement of funds of the Sacco.

In December of 2019, MPs alleged that the Sacco’s books of accounts had disappeared and that several police officers were denied access to their funds raising fears among savers. It was also reported that since the inception of the Sacco, savers have never got dividends despite revenues increasing every year.

The Speaker said that about Shs5 billion appropriated by Parliament to clear the outstanding government debt in the Police’s Exodus Sacco had not been properly utilized.  She added that out of this, Shs1.9 billion was still outstanding to suppliers who had been asked to pay withholding tax.

“These suppliers who are still demanding money from you for close to five years are complaining about charging them six  per cent off their earnings in withholding tax which was never part of the agreement,” Kadaga said.

Bakasumba said that the money was used to pay some of the suppliers of hot meals to the Uganda Police during the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2016. He added that the Shs5 billion was part of Shs30 billion supposed to be paid by the Ministry of Finance in January 2020 to the Sacco to pay the remaining suppliers.

“We are willing to check the record again to find out whoever has not been paid and follow up on all these issues,” he said.

“We concede that these people should have been informed but they need to appreciate the fact that taxes have to be paid. URA has written to us reminding us that withholding tax needs to be deducted from the pay out,” Ziwedde said.

MP Okupa, however, said that it was unfair for the Sacco officials to expect suppliers to accept a tax they were never warned about.

Kadaga advised the SACCO officials to write to URA explaining the circumstances under which the suppliers were contracted and ask for waiver of the tax.

She also asked whether there was an ongoing audit of the mismanagement of funds.

Ziwedde said that the forensic investigation had not been launched because the Police was still investigating the matter.

 

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UK based Ugandan promoter John Mujungu sentenced to two years over money laundering

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Geoffery Serugo
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Johnson Mujungu

 

UK based Ugandan promoter, John Mujungu has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. A North-fleet couple found guilty of money laundering have been sentenced at Maid stone Crown Court.

Grace Ntolera-Mujungu, 42, and Johnson Mujungu, 53, both of Struttons Avenue, received a payment of £120,000 illegally and transferred it into a number of different accounts linked to them both.

In August 2017, the victim received a call that he needed to pay inheritance tax to a firm of solicitors linked to his late grandmother’s estate.

Johnson Mujungu was Ann Kansime and Irene Namubiru’s international manager.

Email intercepted

An email from the solicitors giving instructions on how to transfer the amount due was then sent. However, the email was intercepted by the defendants and a different account was provided resulting in the victim paying them the money instead.

When the victim realised the money had not been paid to the solicitors, he contacted the police and an investigation was launched.

Officers discovered the money had been paid into a business account owned by Ntolera-Mujungu and on receipt of the payment, it was immediately dispersed into several other bank accounts owned by her and her husband Johnson Mujungu.

Ntolera-Mujungu denied charges of transferring and converting criminal property and Mujunga denied a charge of converting criminal property. A jury found them both guilty and they were sentenced on Friday 28 February 2020.

Johnson Mujunga received two and a half years’ imprisonment and Ntolera-Mujungu was given an 18 month sentence, suspended for two years.

Cruel fraud

Investigating officer, Detective Constable Mark Newman of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said: ‘This fraud was particularly cruel because the victim had recently lost a family member and he then had to pay the inheritance tax twice.

‘This couple used the money to pay off debts and pretended that it was a payment for a business transaction.

“I am pleased we have been able to track where the money went and bring those involved to justice. We will now be carrying out further enquiries under the Proceeds of Crime Act to establish whether any money can be returned.”

“I hope that this outcome gives some consolation to the victim.”

 

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IGG official on spot as Nakalema probes bribery allegations into Kasekende investigations

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Our Reporter
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On the spot: Former Deputy Governor Dr. Louis Kasekende.

 

A total official at Inspectorate of Government (names withheld) is under investigations for alleged bribery and diversion of investigations into the former Deputy Governor at Bank of Uganda Dr. Louis Kasekende.

The investigations are being carried out by State House Anti-Corruption Unit.

Eagle online has established that the said official is said to have called the whistleblower of the information threatening that the case against Kasekende be withdrawn as it can cause the informer problems. However, the said whistleblower insisted on the Inspectorate putting it in writing so as it is official.

Kasekende and others top officials at the central bank are under a wide range investigation including corruption and ill accumulation of wealth.

IGG has previously claimed that some of the Inspectorate officials are often involved in bribery taking. However, the institution has lately intensified in house cleaning method amongst its staff after it emerged that State House Anti-Corruption Unit has kept an open eye as a way of cleaning up those corrupt.

In December 2018, a leaked document showed that Dr. Kasekende transferred 12 plots of land into the names of his driver Moses Musitwa in an effort to dodge the scrutiny of the Inspector General of Government (IGG).

The IGG among other mechanisms used the Leadership Code Act 2002, to catch senior public officials who may have involved in corruption to grow wealth. The officials are required by the Act to declare their properties for purposes of accountability and transparency.

Some of the properties Kasekende transferred into the driver’s names.

According to the document, Dr. Kasekende transferred the properties to the names of his driver on January 31, 2018.

The document says Kasekende has 35 properties in his names yet he only declared to IGG six properties.

The leaked documents show that much as Kasekende transferred the properties into names his driver Musitwa, there is no evidence to show that the deputy governor sold the plots to the latter.

The plots are located in Busiro on Block 314. They are plots No. 6090, 6091, 6092, 6093, 6094, 6095, 6096, 6097, 6098, 6099, 6100 and 6101. The plots range from 0.0450-0.0590 hectares.

However, up to date, the Inspectorate hasn’t released the report into these investigations. This website can reveal that yesterday one of those under investigations met with the investigators on how the summarily close the file without causing alarm to the whistleblower.

Earlier this website revealed that two directors at Bank of Uganda were under investigations by State House Anti-Corruption Unit for allegedly paying Shs6 billion to two city lawyers.

The two directors are Benedict Ssekabira, of Financial Markets Development Coordination (FMDC) and Margaret Kasule, director legal services.

According to sources, the two directors are alleged to have sanctioned the payment of Shs6 billion to Timothy Masembe Kanyerezi and David Mpanga of Bowmans. Sources further allege that although this money was released as legal fees, however, its intended purposes is to cover all the legal loopholes in the case of Crane Bank Limited takeover and subsequent during receivership.

The two lawyers represented BoU and the payment for their services has been ongoing until parliament probing committee, Committee on Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) that investigated BoU over the controversial sale of seven commercial banks between 1993 and October 20, 2016.

In December 2017, the Commercial Court disqualified city lawyers Mr Kanyererezi Masembe and Mr. David Mpanga from the Sh397 billion Sudhir Ruparelia’s case against Bank of Uganda (BoU), also citing conflict of interest.

In his ruling delivered on December 21, 2017, the head of the commercial court division, Justice Wangutusi stated that Mr. David Mpanga of A.F. Mpanga Advocates and Timothy Masembe of MMAKS Advocates acted in violation of the Advocates (Professional Conduct) regulations.

Last month, it was alleged that BoU released Shs4 billion as part of the balance on Shs20 billion to the same lawyers. However, what is intriguing investigators is why paying that entire amount to the lawyers and yet some of the cases are jointly handled by BoU own lawyers.

Sources say that the payment could be part of the ploy to falsify accountability in the case of Shs478 billion.

Also what is of interests to investigators are revelation that these have ill accumulated wealth which cannot resonate with their salaries.

 

 

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World Bank Group announces up to $12 billion immediate support for covid-19 country response

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Our Reporter
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People wearing preventative gears China.

As COVID-19 reaches more than 60 countries, the World Bank Group is making available an initial package of up to $12 billion in immediate support to assist countries coping with the health and economic impacts of the global outbreak. This financing is designed to help member countries take effective action to respond to and, where possible, lessen the tragic impacts posed by the COVID-19 (coronavirus).

Through this new fast track package, the World Bank Group will help developing countries strengthen health systems, including better access to health services to safeguard people from the epidemic, strengthen disease surveillance, bolster public health interventions, and work with the private sector to reduce the impact on economies. The financial package, with financing drawn from across IDA, IBRD and IFC, will be globally coordinated to support country-based responses.

The COVID-19 support package will make available initial crisis resources of up to $12 billion in financing $8 billion of which is new on a fast track basis. This comprises up to $2.7 billion new financing from IBRD; $1.3 billion from IDA, complemented by reprioritization of $2 billion of the Bank’s existing portfolio; and $6 billion from IFC, including $2 billion from existing trade facilities. It will also include policy advice and technical assistance drawing on global expertise and country-level knowledge.

“We are working to provide a fast, flexible response based on developing country needs in dealing with the spread of COVID-19,” said World Bank Group President David Malpass. “This includes emergency financing, policy advice, and technical assistance, building on the World Bank Group’s existing instruments and expertise to help countries respond to the crisis.”

The financial package will provide grants and low-interest loans from IDA for low income countries and loans from IBRD for middle income countries, using all of the Bank’s operational instruments with processing accelerated on a fast track basis.  International Finance Corporation, the World Bank Group’s private sector arm, will provide its clients with the necessary support to continue operating and to sustain jobs.

The World Bank support will cover a range of interventions to strengthen health services and primary health care, bolster disease monitoring and reporting, train front line health workers, encourage community engagement to maintain public trust, and improve access to treatment for the poorest patients. The Bank will also provide policy and technical advice to ensure countries can access global expertise.

IFC will work with commercial bank clients to expand trade finance and working capital lines.  IFC will also directly support its corporate clients with a focus on strategic sectors including medical equipment and pharmaceuticals to sustain supply chains and limit downside risks. These solutions will leverage the lessons learned from similar events in the past with a goal to minimize the negative economic and social impacts of COVID-19 globally.

Countries face different levels of risk and vulnerability to COVID-19, and will require different levels of support. The Bank Group support will prioritize the poorest countries and those at high risk with low capacity. As the spread of COVID-19 and its impact continues to evolve, the World Bank Group will adapt its approach and resources as needed.

The World Bank Group is actively engaged with international institutions and country authorities to help coordinate the global response.

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President Museveni passes out UPDF officers, praises the quality of training

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Geoffery Serugo
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The President Yoweri Museveni who doubles as the Commander-In-Chief, has passed out of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) commandos after undergoing a 16 months qualification course of Special Forces.

This was the 4th intake of its kind and was conducted at Butiaba Marines training School in Buliisa District.

The President expressed satisfaction with the quality of training the Special Forces received as portrayed by the multiple demonstrations conducted by the trainees.

“I congratulate these young troops who completed this very tough course. Army is tough but this is tougher. The army has big capacity but Special Forces creates a special capacity in operating in small units and doing things which cannot be done in a regular way. Special Forces is an important force multiplier,” said the President.

He added that it is because of developing special operations capability in the UPDF that the Al-Shabaab were flashed out from their established bases in Mogadishu. “The Special Forces snipers did a great job in Mogadishu that helped the defeat of Al Shabaab from the Somali city,” he said.

The Commander-In Chief pledged his continued support in the professionalization drive of the UPDF.

Speaking at the pass out ceremony, the Minister of State for Defence in Charge of General Duties, Col. Rtd. Charles Okello Engola commended the newly passed out Commandos and asked them to carry on the mantle of the revolution that was started by their predecessors in the liberation struggle of the country.

“As we celebrate your achievement today, we should be reminded of our military history and those who sacrificed for this country. They represent the past and you now represent the future. Carry on this noble responsibility with pride while conscious of the UPDF requirement of loyalty, patriotism, discipline, team work and pro-people ideology,” said Engola.

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen David Muhoozi said the demonstrations are a testimony that the trainees have been given a good foundation on which they can build on and such training speaks loudly to the continued professionalization drive in the UPDF. “A lot has gone on in the UPDF in terms of force generation and skills plus proficiencies development,” said Gen Muhoozi.

He cautioned the Officers and Militants to remain healthy so that they are capable of undergoing further training to match technological advancements. “Hardware and software are key in force generation but we also need smart people,” the CDF said.

The Commander Special Forces Command, Maj Gen Birungi said that the UPDF Special Forces Command has steadily improved in its training on all the five training cycle of Special Forces as done in armies world over.

“SFC is steadily growing in quality and quantity by leaps and bounds. We thank the Commander-In-Chief for his strategic guidance, efforts and contribution; firstly, for conceiving the idea of establishing SFC in 2004,” said Maj Gen James Birungi.

The overall best student was Pte Okwi Bonny Alex. The others who excelled are Lt Robert Ssematuwa and Pte Herera Gideon.

 

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BREAKING: Gen. Tumukunde writes to EC seeking for permission to consult as presidential aspirant

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Our Reporter
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Gen. Tumukunde and his team at EC

Former Security Minister Gen. Henry Tumukunde has this evening written to the chairman of Electoral Commission seeking permission to consult as a presidential aspirant in 2021 general elections.

“Whereas section 3 of the Presidential election Act 2005 provides in (1) that An aspirant may consult in preparation for his or her nomination as a presidential candidate within twelve months before the nomination date and in (2) a that a candidate may carry out nationwide consultations. I wish to notify the Electoral Commission that I will be proceeding to carry out consultation across the country.” reads part of the letter Gen. Tumukunde personal took to EC headquarters.

Gen. Tumukunde was escorted by former Kabarole Woman Member of Parliament and Ex-East African Community Deputy Secretary General Beatrice Kiraso and Tororo County North Member of Parliament Ms Annet Nyakeho

 

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Bajabulile appointed Acting Senior Vice President of African development bank

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Agencies
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The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Bajabulile Tshabalala as Acting Senior Vice President of the Bank with immediate effect.

 Ms. Tshabalala, currently the Vice President for Finance and Chief Finance Officer for the African Development Bank Group, joined the Bank on August 1, 2018.

 Ms. Tshabalala will replace, in this acting capacity, Mr. Charles Boamah, the former Senior Vice President of the Bank, who retires effectively from the Bank today after 23 years of meritorious service to the institution.

 Commenting on the appointment, the President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said “Ms. Tshabalala has demonstrated highly commendable senior leadership management qualities and brings a strong perspective on results orientation and delivery that will be important as the Bank moves ahead with the delivery of its programs and commitments.

“I am very pleased to appoint her to step up into this role as Acting Senior Vice President, as the Bank manages this senior leadership transition, to ensure stability and continuity of our work and operations. I am confident she will do very well. She will continue to hold simultaneously her position as Vice President for Finance and Chief Finance Officer in this interim period.” He said

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UN releases $15m to help vulnerable countries battle the spread of the coronavirus

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Agencies
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People wearing preventative gears China.

UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock today released US $15 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help fund global efforts to contain the COVID-19 virus.

The announcement came as the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the global risk of the coronavirus outbreak to “very high” – its top level of risk assessment. The WHO has said there is still a chance of containing the virus if its chain of transmission is broken.

The sudden increases of cases in Italy, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Korea are deeply concerning. There are now cases linked to Iran in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait and Oman, along with cases linked to Italy in Algeria, Austria, Croatia, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.

The UN funding has been released to the WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It will fund essential activities including monitoring the spread of the virus, investigating cases, and the operation of national laboratories.

The WHO has called for US$675 million to fund the fight against coronavirus. There is a window of opportunity to contain the spread of the virus if countries take robust measures to detect cases early, isolate and care for patients, and trace contacts.

Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock said: “We do not yet see evidence that the virus is spreading freely. As long as that’s the case, we still have a chance of containing it.

“But swift and robust action must be taken to detect cases early, isolate and care for patients, and trace contacts. We must act now to stop this virus from putting more lives at risk.

“This grant from the UN’s Emergency Fund will help countries with fragile health systems boost their detection and response operations. It has the potential to save the lives of millions of vulnerable people.”

This is a critical juncture in the outbreak. The focus is on containing COVID-19 by strengthening surveillance, conducting thorough outbreak investigations to identify contacts and applying appropriate measures to prevent further spread.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said: “The potential spread of the virus to countries with weaker health systems is one of our biggest concerns. These funds will help support these countries get ready for detecting and isolating cases, protecting their health workers, and treating patients with dignity and appropriate care. This will help us save lives and push back the virus”

UNICEF is leading on preventative actions in communities across the affected countries with risk communication, providing hygiene and medical kits to schools and health clinics and monitoring the impact of the outbreak to support continuity of care, education and social services.

“At this pivotal moment, every effort must be made to push back against the outbreak,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “These crucial funds will support our global efforts to bolster weaker health systems and inform children, pregnant women and families about how to protect themselves.”

Since it was launched in 2006, CERF has provided more than $6 billion to over 100 countries and helped hundreds of millions of people.

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Zimbabwe Minister courts Africa MPs over sanctions

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Our Reporter
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PAP Members of Parliament.

“We are counting on you in helping us make Zimbabwe great again,” said Zimbabwe’s number two top diplomat in a passionate appeal to the Pan African Parliament (PAP) on sanctions against his country.

Citing the continued untold sorrow and deterioration of the well-being of his countrymen, Dr David Musabayana, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, told the continental legislators that they had incurred losses of about US$42 billion over the 18 years that the sanctions have been at play.

Between 2002 and 2003, the European Union and the United States of America imposed economic sanctions against the Southern African country over what they referred to as government excesses, including the contentious land reform programme.

The country faced with a Gross Domestic Product reduction of US$21 billion has also lost US$18 billion in commercial loans and US$12 billion from financing entities, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the African Development Bank. Annually since 2001, Zimbabwe also lost US$4.5 billion in bilateral donor support.

“Take note of our challenges. As Zimbabwe, we call upon you to assist us lobby the West and the rest of the world to lift the economic sanctions so that we too, can participate in the global economy,” Musabayana told MPs on the Committee on Cooperation, International Relations and Conflict Resolution sitting at the PAP headquarters in Midrand, South Africa.

Dr Musabayana revealed that despite the change in the political, economic, electoral and legislative affairs of his country in the recent past, the sanctions, he referred to as a violation of Article 41 of UN Charter, continue to bite and also handicap the minerals sector from where the country would have been able to secure much needed funding for the government to meet its obligations to its citizenry.

Article 41 of the UN Charter states that,  “The Security Council may decide what measures not involving the use of armed force are to be employed to give effect to its decisions, and it may call upon the Members of the United Nations to apply such measures. These may include complete or partial interruption of economic relations and of rail, sea, air, postal, telegraphic, radio, and other means of communication, and the severance of diplomatic relations.”

“In the mining sector, we cannot sell directly as we have to go through third parties and yet we have a lot of gold and diamond. We are the second largest producer of platinum in the world after South Africa and for lithium, the fifth,” said Musabayana.

Abderahman Salek (Sahrawi Democratic Republic) said Libya and Sudan have also been victims of similar sanctions, which he, also referred to as illegal. “We need to follow up this matter during the plenary. We need a resolution condemning the suffering in Zimbabwe,” he added.

Libya’s Salem Gnan said he was full of regret about what is happening to the people of Zimbabwe and questioned the role the African Union (AU) is playing in lifting sanctions imposed against African countries and proposed that as a continent, ‘we could intra trade and overlook dealing with the West’.

Prof. Morris Ogenga Latigo (Uganda) said that there should be mechanisms to appeal to the new Chairperson of the AU, Cyril Rwamaphosa, also President of South Africa over the matter.

“PAP made

Workya Rouamba (Burkina Faso) said, needed the strength to start speaking with one voice on matters that affect the continent.

“The West always finds ways of putting pressure on African countries,” she said.

For Bala Ibn Na’allah (Nigeria), the solution to the standoff is blackmail. He said, “We need to blackmail those who impose sanctions because they fundamentally affect the livelihood of the citizens in the respective countries”.

Abdullahi Ibrahim Ali (Kenya) cautioned that rhetoric would not help salvage the situation and advised that the land in Zimbabwe be shared between the blacks and whites for harmony, like it was done in South Africa.

The PAP is scheduled to hold its plenary sittings in May 2020, wherein the request to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe is to be debated by the whole House and a position taken.

Zimbabwe’s former long serving President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, who ruled for 38 years until the better part of 2017 was ousted in bloodless coup. He died in a Singapore hospital on 6 September 2019, aged 95.

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