Zimbabwe’s former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo is considering the option of farming, and also his previous job of lecturing. This was revealed in his appeal for bail.
His lawyer Lovemore Madhuku launched his appeal yesterday saying:
Appellant [Chombo] has been a Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister for the past 20 years.
He ceased being a Cabinet minister upon the assumption of office of the President [Emmerson Mnangagwa] on November 24, 2017.
He ceased being a Member of Parliament on November 28, 2017.
He is a farmer and may return to his former job as a university lecturer.
Chombo argues that the Magistrate who denied him, Singano, misdirected himself in denying him bail as there is no evidence that he may abscond:
There was neither evidence nor any other basis from which it could be said that the appellant was likely to abscond.
There was neither evidence nor any other basis from which it could be said that appellant could interfere with witnesses.
Reference to a public outcry is, in itself, never a compelling reason given that it is the people themselves that entrenched a presumption of innocence in the Constitution. The State did not address any of the bail conditions offered by the appellant, thereby, failing to discharge the onus thrust upon it by law.
6 Replies to “Chombo Thinking Of Going Into Farming”
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He is giving wrong promises. He is not arrested for being a political threat but for being a thief. So Chombo the ex-honorable unhonorable must just promise to return all the loot.
He can still fulfill his farming dream at Chikurubi maximum prison.they do serious farming there.the judge must state in his sentencing that he be given the biggest hoe for weeding each time for the 50 yrs stay there.what do you mean by kunzwirwa tsisti here
Please let people not take farming as the last resort. It is an esteemed profession which needs hard work and very intelligent brains. It is the backbone of our economy and then some people want to insult legitimate farmers by always thinking that it is a place where people who have run out of options go. If it is the journalists or him, please STOP IT!!!
Vamwe vakapiwa amnesty why not him also ,haasiriye ega vakawanda
Owning a farm does not make him a farmer in much the same way as owning a football team does not qualify one as a footballer.Get your facts straight mr reporter,futi farm yacho akaiba like he steals everything else thats tied down or otherwise
I would agree kuti anzwirwe tsitsi if all other prisoners in Zimbabwe can be treated likewise.