List of G40 members, army and CIO bosses who benefitted from RBZ Farm Mechanisation
Here is a list of beneficiaries of the RBZ farm mechanisation in 2008 released by Alex Magaisa, a prominent lawyer and former advisor to then Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
The list has members of Zanu PF known as the G40, former and current army bosses and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) members.
The following people are some of the people who received loans but never repaid back.
Army bosses
Current Vice President and former Commander of the Defence Forces, Rtd. General Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga- US$395,018.00.
His successor General Phillip Valerio Sibanda- US$111,584.00.
Current army boss, Lt. General Edzai Chimonyo- US$92,577.00.
Former military boss, the late General Vitalis Zvinavashe- US$85,350.00
Former Air Force boss and current Agriculture Minister Rtd. Air Marshal Perrence Shiri- US$417,547.00.
Military spokesperson Overson Mugwisi- US$50,677.00
A former soldier who had been deployed to the Ministry of Health as Permanent Secretary, Rtd. Major General Dr. Gerald Gwinji- S$73,699.00.
Rtd. Lt. General Engelbert Rugeje who is a former army chief of staff and also most recently political commissar of ZANU PF- US$88,487.00.
Police Officers
Current police boss Commissioner General Godwin T. Matanga- US$365,839.00.
His predecessor Rtd. Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri- US$299,697.00.
Former top cop, Commissioner Oliver Chibage- US$151,933.00.
A senior cop in the Law and Order section, Crispen Makedenge- US$11,400.00.
Outgoing Prisons boss Commissioner General Paradzai Zimondi had a loan of US$379,980.00.
CIO
Former intelligence boss Aaron Nhepera- US$333,869.00.
Former intelligence chief who had a brief stint as Justice Minister during Mugabe’s last days in power, Happyton Bonyongwe- US$422,459.00 for his farm in Odzi.
Another top intelligence officer, the late Mernard Muzariri- US$391,070.00.
G40 Members
Jonathan Moyo- US$56,676.00
Saviour Kasukuwere- US$159,208.00
Former Tourism Minister, Walter Mzembi- US$81,759.00.
Chiefs
National Council of Chiefs President Chief Fortune Charumbira -US$306,509.00
Chief Livingstone Negomo, who infamously fined former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai nearly a decade ago for allegedly breaching traditional rules- US$11,299.00.
Many other chiefs also got minor loans. They include Chiefs Musana, Masembura, Kandeya, Chiswiti, Nambire, Matope, Madziva, Chitemamuswe, Ziki, Serima, Nhema.
Prominent individuals
Cuthbert Dube- US$86,634.00.
Mavis Gumbo- US$96,994.00.
Jane Mutasa- US$99,901.00.
Charles Tawengwa- US$41,895.
Read: Full List: RBZ Farm Mechanisation 2008 loans beneficiaries and how much they received