Former Zimbabwe president, Robert Gabriel Mugabe has yet again snubbed the country’s parliament in respect of summons for him to appear before a committee investigating the country’s diamond revenue.

The probe referred to in the country’s media as the ‘Missing $15 Billion Hearing’ is seeking clarification from Mugabe on alleged loss of US$15 billion worth of diamonds revenue during his tenure in office.

 Chairman of the parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, MP Themba Mliswa said Mugabe was left with a last opportunity to appear before them on the 11th of June to answer questions.

“We had written to the former President for the second time to come but he has failed and we are going to write him for the last time as required by the law,” Mliswa said.

The first summons was slated for 23rd of May at 0900 hours – when he failed to appear as widely expected. MP Mliswa put it down to miscommunication, stating that his old age meant that asking him to appear in the morning was unfair.

Asked what parliament would do in the likely event that he refused to show up, Mliswa said he would be invited up to three times after which the service of the police will be solicited to help bring him.

The second appearance date was scheduled for 28th of May(Monday) at 1400 hours (1300 GMT) but there was no sign of the former leader who ruled for over three decades till he was ousted in November 2016 in what is widely described as a de facto coup by the army.

The committee had previously summoned several former ministers, sitting ministers, high ranking security officials and all those who were part of the diamonds mining operations with a view to getting to the bottom of the matter.