Town Clerk arrested for US$9.2mn opaque deal
ANESU MASAMVU
Harare Town Clerk, Engineer Hosiah Chisango, was yesterday arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over an opaque US$9.2mn ย street lighting tender deal that also implicates incarcerated businessman Moses Mpofu.
ZACC confirmed the arrest of Chisango who now face ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ.
“๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ . ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐$๐,๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐, ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ,” the statement reads.
“๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐๐.”
Chisango joins other Harare City Council Officials Never Murerwa (62), manager of the supply chain in the Procurement Management Unit; Jabulani Mukomazi (44), principal buyer; Denford Zhungu (69), principal accountant; and Tawanda Mutenhabundo (29), engineering technician who all allegedly connived in the deal.
Mpofu is currently in remand prison with fellow businessman and Zanu PF politician Mike Mpofu on separate fraud charges involving US$87 million, which was meant for the Presidential Goat Scheme. He got the street lights tender despite his company failing to meet the necessary requirements.
