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Police Dismiss Deceptive Probe Claims Against Mnangagwa’s Adviser

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has all straight away denied claims circulating on social media that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s adviser, Paul Tungwarara, is under criminal investigation. The flexibility has branded a viral doc as fraudulent and issued a stern warning in opposition to the usage of artificial intelligence to blueprint false statements.

In a press assertion launched on 13 December 2025, the police at the moment addressed the actual allegations. The fraudulent doc had claimed the Commercial Crimes Division was as soon as attempting for to envision Tungwarara over his companies, Paulos Development and Prevail Neighborhood World.

Commissioner P. Nyathi, the Chief Team Officer for Press and Public Family members, said: “The Zimbabwe Republic Police dismisses a fraudulent and false assertion circulating on social media… The Police has no longer issued this assertion and dismisses it with the contempt it deserves.”

The assertion made the police’s plot unequivocally determined:

“For the file, the Criminal Investigation Department’s Commercial Crimes Division is no longer conducting any investigations on Dr. Tempter Paul Tungwarara.”

Police Negate Warning On AI-Generated Forgeries

The decent response went previous a straightforward denial. It highlighted the as much as date suggestions believed to be within the lend a hand of the forgery and served a warning to those guilty.

The assertion concluded: “The Zimbabwe Republic Police warns contributors and syndicates in opposition to the usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) abilities to trigger confusion, panic and despondency within the country.”

The police vowed that the law would grab its route in opposition to the perpetrators “without effort or favour as soon as the suspects are identified.”

Context: Recent Political Setback For Tungwarara

The police assertion comes amidst other inclinations referring to Tungwarara. Correct days sooner than, on 11 December 2025, his immediate political rise within the ruling Zanu PF occasion hit a procedural obstacle.

The occasion’s Nationwide Political Commissar, Munyaradzi Machacha, nullified Tungwarara’s co-probability into Zanu PF’s extremely efficient 300-member central committee. The Manicaland Provincial Coordinating Committee had licensed this co-probability on 7 December.

Machacha’s letter said the provincial physique violated occasion solutions, because the vacant seat belonged to a member from Chipinge district and which implies that fact must be filled by one more nominee from that identical district. The commissar’s letter also included a pointed warning.

He wrote that the “issuance of money, items or products and services” by aspirants would be handled as vote-procuring and result in automatic disqualification.

Reports had alleged that Tungwarara dispensed cash and bought food for delegates sooner than the provincial vote. The Manicaland province has been instructed to restart the preference job in step with occasion rules.

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