{"id":262412,"date":"2019-04-04T07:02:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T05:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=262412"},"modified":"2019-04-04T07:02:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T05:02:14","slug":"minister-claims-she-had-no-mandate-to-check-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=262412","title":{"rendered":"Minister claims she had no mandate to check changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eba Kandovazu
\nUNDER cross examination from the state Education Minister, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa who testified in the High Court in her own defence stated that she had no mandate to scrutinise possible changes to the mass housing list.
\nDeputy Prosecutor General Ed Marondedze is set to wrap up its cross-examination of the accused person today.
\nThe minister confidently told the court that it was up to the administrative office to investigate these issues.
\nWhen rumours surfaced that she was involved in the irregularities, Hanse-Himarwa said she had \u2018no time\u2019 to investigate baseless gossip.
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Katrina Hanse-Himarwa in the witness dock. – Photo: Eba Kandovazu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI could not occupy myself with things that were not in my mandate,” she said.
\nMarondedze then put it to her that she took a conscious decision as a leader not to look into the allegations because she willingly edited the beneficiary list and had full knowledge of the action.
\n\u201cYour silence when Daniel Nghidinwa, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, testified in this court shows that you indeed agree that there was a tampering of the list,\u201d Marondedze argued.
\nHanse-Himarwa stated that she was shocked when she read the witness statements.
\n\u201cI must say, I was looking for reasons as to why they would do this. I was especially shocked because the Mariental Town Council CEO, Paul Ngiwilepo, is a long time friend, someone close to me and a business associate. Where I stand now, the only conclusion after I’ve read the statements is that there is definitely a connivance that was engineered and manufactured by the ACC,\u201d Hanse-Himarwa said.
\nThe State Prosecutor continued to grill the minister, who has enjoyed, since the start of her trial, a strong support base in the court\u2019s galley that consists mainly of politicians and family.
\nIf the cross examination is concluded today counsel for the defence has indicated it might still call additional witnesses to testify in defence of the minister.
\nIf no other witnesses are called by the defence, the court will proceed to ask for final submissions before judgement is made on whether or not Hanse-Himarwa is guilty on the charges of corruption.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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