Samuel Undenge
{{Short description|Zimbabwean politician}}
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Samuel Undenge (born 1956){{Cite web |last=Vunganai |first=Goddy |date=2018-07-20 |title=Samuel Undenge jailed for graft |url=https://www.allinzimbabwe.com/samuel-undenge-jailed/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=New Zimbabwe News Everyday from AllinZimbabwe.com |language=en-GB}} is a Zimbabwean politician. He is the former Energy and Power Development Minister.{{Cite web |last=Herald |first=The |title=Undenge freed in clemency order |url=https://www.herald.co.zw/undenge-freed-in-clemency-order/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=The Herald |language=en-GB}} Until 2018 he was a member of parliament from the Chimanimani East constituency in Manicaland Province.{{Cite news|title=Zanu-PF Expels 11 More MPs From Parliament |date=19 January 2018 |newspaper=Pindula |url=https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/01/19/zanu-pf-expels-11-mps-parliament/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706163718/https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/01/19/zanu-pf-expels-11-mps-parliament/ |archive-date=6 July 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy}} He was formerly the Minister of Energy and Power Development{{Cite web|title=Samuel Undenge |publisher=Pindula |url=https://www.pindula.co.zw/Samuel%20Undenge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706163501/https://www.pindula.co.zw/Samuel%20Undenge |archive-date=6 July 2018 |url-status=live|df=dmy}} and before that the Deputy Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion.{{Cite news|title=Mugabe swears in 19 deputy ministers, 5 Ministers of State|date=20 February 2009 |newspaper=New Zimbabwe |url=http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/minister23.19417.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313223802/http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/minister23.19417.html|archive-date=13 March 2012 |df=dmy}}
Until November 2017 he was a member of the ZANU-PF political party. As member of the Generation 40 faction led by former first lady Grace Mugabe, Undenge and other Generation 40 politicians, including Grace Mugabe, were expelled from ZANU-PF by the party's central committee on 19 November 2017.{{Cite news|title=Zanu PF axe falls on Grace, G40 kingpins |last=Chidza |first=Richard |date=20 November 2017 |work=NewsDay Zimbabwe |language=en-US |url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2017/11/zanu-pf-axe-falls-grace-g40-kingpins/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208162809/https://www.newsday.co.zw/2017/11/zanu-pf-axe-falls-grace-g40-kingpins/ |archive-date=8 December 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}
Imprisonment
On 5 January 2018 Undenge was arrested{{Cite news|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/zimbabwe-officials-corruption/4195295.html|title=Zimbabwe Charges Mugabe Loyalists With Corruption|date=5 January 2018|work=Voice of America|access-date=7 January 2018|language=en-US}} on charges of corruption for awarding, during his tenure as Minister of Energy and Power Development, a $12,650 public relations contract to a private company, Fruitful Communications, without due tender.{{Cite news|title=Former Zimbabwe ministers loyal to Mugabe charged with corruption|date=5 January 2018|work=Reuters |language=en-US |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics/former-zimbabwe-ministers-loyal-to-mugabe-charged-with-corruption-idUSKBN1EV0BU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707034633/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics/former-zimbabwe-ministers-loyal-to-mugabe-charged-with-corruption-idUSKBN1EV0BU |archive-date=7 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy}} He was granted bail and his trial commenced in April 2018. In July he was convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison.{{Cite news|title=Zimbabwe jails Mugabe's ex-minister |date=21 July 2018 |newspaper=Daily Monitor |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Zimbabwe-jails-Mugabe-ex-minister-graft/688340-4674170-voau9v/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721102045/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Zimbabwe-jails-Mugabe-ex-minister-graft/688340-4674170-voau9v/index.html |archive-date=21 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy}} His case and sentence are on appeal.{{Cite news|title=Lawyer vows appeal as ex-minister Undenge sent to Chikurubi |date=21 July 2018 |newspaper=New Zimbabwe |url=https://www.newzimbabwe.com/lawyer-vows-appeal-as-ex-minister-undenge-sent-to-chikurubi/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722015108/https://www.newzimbabwe.com/lawyer-vows-appeal-as-ex-minister-undenge-sent-to-chikurubi/ |archive-date=22 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}{{update needed|date=August 2020}}
References
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