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CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo is back in the dock after the Supreme Court Monday reversed his High Court acquittal in a case in which he was being accused of defrauding government of US$5,6 million.<\/p>\n

Through his Intratek Zimbabwe Private Limited, Chivayo was awarded the tender in 2015 to set up the 100-megawatt Gwanda solar plant and was paid $5 million by the Zimbabwe Power Company with nothing having been done since then.<\/p>\n

Chivayo was facing fraud and money laundering charges related to the botched project.<\/p>\n

He was later cleared of any wrongdoing by Justice Owen Tagu in March last year.<\/p>\n

The Prosecutor General later lodged a Supreme Court appeal against the ruling absolving the showy businessman and his company of any criminal liability.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court on appeal and a three-judge panel comprising Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza, Justice Rita Makarau and Justice Susan Mavangira Monday unanimously reversed Chivayo\u2019s acquittal.<\/p>\n

In their judgment, Justice Makarau said the High Court erred in interfering with the criminal proceedings before the trial magistrate Lazini Ncube and ruled that the fraud trial could now proceed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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