Gabriel Chaibva

Service / Career

In the 2000 Parliamentary Election (see A History of Zimbabwean Elections) Harare South returned to Parliament:

• Gabriel Chaibva of MDC with 12 430 votes,
• Vivian Mwashita of Zanu PF with 4 730 votes,
• Margaret Dongo of ZUD with 951 votes,
• Fisher Albert Aldridge Timothy, Independent, with 0 votes.

In 2002, he was MDC's shadow minister of Local Government.
Then he became a vocal Zanu PF apologist.
In 2020, he was a commissioner of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).

Events

Farm Mechanisation Scheme

In July 2020, Gabriel Chaibva was listed, in the BSR of 18 July 2020, as a beneficiary in the 2007 RBZ Farm Mechanisation Scheme, as a result of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme.

The data is analysed by recipients origin:.

• Mashonaland provinces had the most beneficiaries, both in terms of numbers and value.
  

Mashonaland East got US$47,5 million,
Mashonaland West US$44,7 million
Mashonaland Central had US$34,2 million.

• Two Matabeleland provinces had a combined total of US$13,9 million.
• Masvingo US$26,4 million,
• Manicaland US$18 million
• Midlands US$14 million.

Gabriel Chaibva is listed under the thematic group “Political Referees: Commissions”. According to the list, he was given a loan of US$88,623.00, which has not been paid back. ^[1]

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