Prominent lawyer Alex Magaisa has exposed church leaders such as ZAOGA founder and leader Ezekiel Guti, ZCC leader Nehemiah Mutendi and Andrew Wutawunashe of Family of God for benefiting from corrupt deals from the government.
In this week’s Big Saturday Read BSR focusing on the RBZ’s controversial farm mechanisation programme in 2008 Magaisa, features Guti and Mutendi as 2 of the 5 clerics who benefitted from the RBZ’s controversial Farm mechanisation scheme.
Magaisa wrote, “The list of beneficiaries includes the following members of the clergy: Ezekiel Guti who is listed as owing US$116,693.00; Nolbert Kunonga who was very popular with the Mugabe regime at the time of the Farm Mechanisation Scheme was awarded a loan of US$98,661.00.
There is also an Agatha Kunonga who is listed as having received US$58,318.00. Rutendo Wutawunashe is listed as owing US$18,200.00. Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi was the biggest beneficiary among members of the clergy, with two loans of US$271,000.00 and US$315,600.00 for a grand total of US$586,600.00.”
Magaisa said it is not surprising why the clerics were the government’s foremost endorsers.
