President Robert Mugabe’s close relative from the Chidziva clan, Charles Jenami (39), was jailed for an effective eight years when he appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate, Jessie Kufa for engaging in fraudulent land allocations.
Jenami, who masquerades as Chief Chidziva of Banket, allegedly appointed Godfrey Chirandu, as his agent. Chrandu approached John Solomon Marau (70) who paid him $350 for a plot, which he was allocated sometime in 2013 in Raffingora.
Marau went on to build some structures as he cleared the land. Jenami later demanded two head of cattle on top of the $350 he had received and Marau complied. The court heard Marau only discovered that he had been defrauded after officials from Zvimba Rural District Council demolished the structures he had built, claiming ownership of the property.
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