RESERVE BANK of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono has challenged Spirit Embassy’s Prophet Uebert Angel Mudzanire to start farming and mining projects to empower his church members, instead of resorting to “miracle money”. REPORT BY FELUNA NLEYA STAFF REPORTER
Gono said Angel could approach Youth Economic Empowerment and Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere to access loans from a government fund.
In an interview with NewsDay, Gono said Kasukuwere’s projects were at least controlled by authorities unlike the so-called miracle money.
The central bank chief ordered Angel to stop his alleged miracles where members of his church reportedly found themselves with “miracle” cash in their pockets during prayer sessions.
He said such actions amounted to money laundering.
“As usual, we do not rebuke or criticise without offering modest alternative suggestions which our men and women of the cloth of miracle money could maybe adopt in place of their current methods of helping their flock, in ways immediately visible and without infringing man’s laws,” he said.
“Another suggestion to our men and women of God is to try to go mining, or go for maize or tobacco farming.
“Go make roads and or find a job, or better still go to minister Saviour Kasukuwere and get an empowerment loan, or ask to join a community empowerment scheme in Zvishavane or Ngezi.
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“At least we can account for that source of money and association,” he added.
Gono dimissed Angel’s utterances that his miracle money could not be used to pay the government’s debts.
“We need money to directly feed multitudes who cannot feed themselves in the provinces, towns and cities . . . for cancer patients . . . school fees for parents who cannot afford basics . . . for flood and road accident victims
. . . They could all do with some help directly and not even through a government office if governments and central banks do not qualify to ‘touch the money because they are thieves or have mismanaged the Zimbabwean economy’ as alleged by the men of God,” he added.
