The country's anti-corruption agency arrested Obadiah Moyo on Friday as the scandal rocked the country and played out on social media.
Drax Consult’s Zimbabwean representative, Delish Nguwaya, and some top officials of the national drugs procurement agency are already facing criminal charges related to the scandal.
His arrest came after questions were raised on social media about how the controversial business man, who had failed a vetting process months earlier, had managed to set up a new company and secure millions of dollars’ worth of contracts to supply medicines and equipment – some at hugely inflated prices.
The case comes as health professionals, including nurses and doctors, are on strike demanding to be paid their salaries in US dollars.
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