Mavhaire loses irrigation equipment to thieves

Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire lost all the irrigation equipment at his farm in Masvingo last week to thieves, according to state media reports.

Mavhaire who was en route to Bulawayo for the crisis indaba on the slow pace of development in Matabeleland provinces and Bulawayo yesterday had to cut short his journey and return to Masvingo to attend to the theft.

The minister who was said to have been half way to Bulawayo had to turn back and rush to his Masvingo farm to attend to the scene. It is alleged that the minister lost all the irrigation equipment that was at his farm to thieves.

He confirmed the development but declined to shed more light on the issue saying the police were working on the case looking for the perpetrators.

“Yes there was a theft at the farm but let the police do their duty for now. They are already investigating the issue and we do not want to disturb them as of now,” Mavhaire is quoted as saying by the Sunday News.

There was not much sympathy for the minister on social media with many suggesting the thieves had merely stolen what Mavhaire had also stolen from the former white commercial farmer he evicted.