UK announces sanctions on Zimbabwe president's advisor

Kudakwashe Tagwirei.

Kudakwashe Tagwirei in a past event. PHOTO | AFP

By  Kitsepile Nyathi

Correspondent in Harare, Zimbabwe

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The United Kingdom has imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on Kudakwashe Tagwirei. 
  • UK Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said the wealthy Kudakwashe Tagwirei was at the centre of a controversial government agriculture subsidy. 
  • Melanie Robinson, the British ambassador to Zimbabwe, said corruption was harmful to ordinary people.


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