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Lawyers fight for Hon. Mangoma's release
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
March 11, 2011

The High Court will on Tuesday 15 March 2011 hear a bail application filed by Energy and Power Development Minister Hon. Elton Mangoma, who was arrested and detained last week for alleged criminal abuse of duty.

Hon. Mangoma's lawyers Selby Hwacha and Beatrice Mtetwa filed the bail application on Friday 11 March 2011 after the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) deputy treasurer-general was indicted for trial at the High Court and committed to Harare Remand Prison.

Chris Mutangadura, the chief law officer in the Attorney General's Office on Friday presented the formal legal documents setting out the charges against Hon. Mangoma and fixed the trial date as 28 March 2011.

Hon. Mangoma was arrested on Thursday 10 March 2011 at his offices and detained overnight at Braeside Police Station.

The prosecutors accuse Hon. Mangoma of unlawfully abusing his office as Energy and Power Development Minister by ordering his subordinates to procure five million litres of diesel from a South African company, Nooa Petroleum without following tender procedures.

The State has lined up six witnesses to testify against him during the trial. These include Hon. Mangoma's permanent secretary Justin Mupamhanga, Morgan Mudzinganyama, a director for Petroleum in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, Griefshaw Revanevako, the acting chief executive officer of Petrol Trade, Sikwila Tanaka, the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe finance manager, State Procurement Board (SPB) executive chairperson, Charles Kuwaza and Samson Mutanhaurwa, the SPB's acting principal officer.

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