Wadyajena granted ZWL 200k bail 

Zanu-PF MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena and his accomplices have been granted ZWL 200 000 bail each in the money laundering case. 

He was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Tuesday together with together with Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) managing director Manamike, head of marketing, operations, ginning and logistics, Maxmore Njanji and Procurement Specialist Fortunate Molai, and Pierpont Moncroix Director Chiedza Danha over money laundering involving US$5 million. 

Harare Magistrate Stanford Mbanje on Thursday evening ordered the four to pay ZWL 200 000 each, surrender their passports and report to police once every Friday 

In the bail application, Wadyajena’s lawyer Oliver Marwa told the court that the arrest of his client showed that ZACC had been dragged in political issues. 

“There cannot be anything more evil than what ZAAC is doing against the fourth accused. This court is now being dragged into some political games and the public is crying that ZAAC is arresting and releasing people; it has turned into a ‘catch-and-release’ game,” said Marwa.

Wadyajena was arrested on Tuesday after chairing a heated agriculture parliamentary committee meeting on construction of Vungu dam in Midlands province.

The outspoken Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator was sucked in the  looting scandal after  police raided his farm house and found inputs as reported by Express Mail Zim a fortnight ago.