David Butau

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The Hon. David Butau
Member of Parliament
In office
2005–2008
President Robert Mugabe
Constituency Guruve North
Personal details
Born 12 January 1957 (1957-01-12) (age 55)
Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia
Nationality ZimbabweZimbabwean
Political party ZANU-PF

David Butau is a member of parliament of Zimbabwe representing the district of Guruve North. He was chairman of the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget and Finance.

In late 2007, Butau fled to the United Kingdom to avoid arrest;[1] he subsequently denied all wrongdoing, stating that he had been motivated by fear of police corruption.[2] He later spent several months in South Africa,[3] before returning to stand trial in March 2009.[3] In May 2009 he was acquitted on all counts after the prosecution dropped the charges.[4]

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  1. ^ Zimbabwe MP flees to UK over currency probe at Reuters, December 30, 2007
  2. ^ David Butau releases a statement at TalkZimbabwe.com, January 17, 2008
  3. ^ a b Fugitive Butau appears in court at the Zimbabwe Times, March 5, 2009
  4. ^ Former MP BUTAU acquitted at the Zimbabwe Telegraph, by Mike Makomo, May 15, 2009.


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