Power couple Ivy Kombo, Kasi academic fraud trial date set for November 28
Harare- RENOWNED gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her step-father -cum husband Admire Kasi ‘s trial date has been set for November 28, Express Mail Zim can report.
The power couple appeared before Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa fortinight ago and facing charges of academic fraud and perjury.
They were remanded out of custody on US$300 bail each to December 20.
The couple’s trial date was Friday set for November 28.
Prosecuting, Lancelot Mutsokoti alleged that during 2013, the couple graduated from the University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, with Bachelor of Laws degrees.
But as with all those graduating from foreign law schools, they had to obtain a certificate of completion from the Council for Legal Education by writing and passing conversion examinations so they could practice law in Zimbabwe.
According to the State, following a complaint by the finance and administration manager for the council, Mr Joe Zimba in 2021, Kombo approached Shorai Tafadzwa Mupunga, a CLE official, to assist her to register and write these conversion examinations.
Mupunga advised Kombo that she would engage Huggins Duri, the suspended secretary for CLE, who is already on remand on related cases.
The court heard that sometime in 2022, Mupunga approached Duri who said he would issue conversion certificates without them writing the conversion examinations if they paid US$1 100.
They allegedly paid the money through Mupunga who handed it over to Duri who in turn “certified” that the two had written and passed eight conversion subjects in statute law, evidence, bookkeeping, civil law practice duties and functions, ethics for legal practitioners, civil practice and procedure, common law 1 and common law 2.
Duri then handed over the certificates to Mupunga who in turn gave them to Kombo and her husband.
The two were arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission investigations team.
Meanwhile, the couple came to court dressed dapper with Kasi sporting a gold chain and ‘blinging’ and Ivy was wearing a cream jump suit that fit her so well like the way Tariro Gezi’s jeans fit.
