Former Cabinet Minister Petronella Kagonye on Wednesday convicted of stealing 20 laptops that were meant to benefit schools in Goromonzi South constituency.
Harare regional magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro said Kagonye failed to account for the laptops during the course of the trial and her explanation as to what happened to the laptops was not reasonable.
In 2014 Kagonye was dismissed from Zanu PF after she was associated with a faction alleged to be led by former Vice President Joice Mujuru.
Kagonye was also given a vote of no confidence in her constituency where residents demonstrated against her accusing her of fanning factionalism. She was reinstated back into the party when she was appointed Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Services in Zimbabwe’s government in December 2017.
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