University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturer Professor Claude Mararike faces arrest after it emerged that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is investigating him for alleged abuse of office for fraudulently awarding of a Doctor of Philosophy degree to former First Lady Grace Mugabe. Mararike was one of Grace Mugabe’s supervisors.
In an interview with The Chronicle, ZACC spokesperson Ms Phyllis Chikundura confirmed the development and said that Mararike faces arrest once investigations are over. UZ Vice-Chancellor Levi Nyagura who was arrested for allegedly illegally awarding Mrs Mugabe the PhD, was granted $200 bail when he appeared before a Harare magistrate on Saturday charged with abuse of office. He is expected back in court on March 5.
He was ordered to surrender his passport to the court, reside at his stated Borrowdale address in Harare and not interfer with State witnesses Professor Rudo Gaidzanwa and Drs Julius Museveni, Watch Ruparanganda and Sadomba.
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