Samuel Undenge (Born 1956) is a

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an politician. He is the former Energy and Power Development minister. Until 2018 he was a member of parliament from the Chimanimani East constituency in

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. He was formerly the Minister of Energy and Power Development and before that the Deputy Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion. Until November 2017 he was a member of the ZANU-PF political party. As member of the

Generation 40 Generation 40 (G40) was a faction of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF). The G40 was an informal group of ZANU–PF politicians working on generation change by replacing the older officials of the party. The group ...

faction led by former first lady

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, Undenge and other Generation 40 politicians, including Grace Mugabe, were expelled from ZANU-PF by the party's central committee on 19 November 2017.

Imprisonment

On 5 January 2018 Undenge was arrested 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. He was granted bail and his trial commenced in April 2018. In July he was convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison. His case and sentence are on appeal.

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