Zim NGOs Demand Seized Funds

NGOs want Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped power-sharing government to return money seized by controversial central bank governor Gideon Gono and allegedly used to prop up President Robert Mugabe’s old government.

The National Association of NGOs (NANGO) says it has written to Finance Minister Tendai Biti demanding that he outline a repayment plan when he announces a mid-term national budget statement to Parliament this week.

In a press statement, NANGO argues that: “The government should highlight the government’s strategy in trying to return the money that it owes the local NGOs whose funds were taken by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in 2008.”

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