Zinara’s acting chief executive officer Ms Mathlene
Mujokoro and audit manager Mr Shadreck Matengabadza have resigned, while 19
employees have been arrested for fraud cases involving more than US$210 000, as
the dragnet on corporate malfeasance closes in on corrupt officials.
More arrests are expected as investigations continue.
Some of the accused employees have already appeared in
court.
Zinara’s board chairperson Engineer Michael Madanha has
already indicated that the parastatal will not be renewing CEO Engineer Nancy
Masiyiwa-Chamisa and human resources and operations director Mr Precious
Murove’s contracts over controversies at the road fund.
Eng Masiyiwa-Chamisa is currently on suspension. Zinara
public relations manager Mr Augustine Moyo confirmed the arrest of the 19
employees.
“There are some employees with 55 counts, while others are
facing up to 70 counts of fraud,” said Mr Moyo. “It has been established that
bulk licensing is being abused to defraud Zinara.
“Several vehicles with Zimbabwean registration plates were
carded by the Central Vehicle Registry and Zinara was requested to card and red
flag them. So far, 19 people have been arrested in fraud cases of this nature
and investigations are underway on the licensing of vehicles with arrears and
penalties.”
While Ms Mujokoro’s current contract runs until 2021, she
says her resignation has been occasioned by “personal engagements”.
In a letter addressed to board chairperson Eng Madanha,
which was seen by The Sunday Mail, the executive indicated that her contract of
employment will terminate on July 31 2019.
“I write to advise that I will not be able to complete my
second tenure of contract of employment, which is supposed to run up to 17
September 2021, and would want to give notice of my resignation up to 31 July
2019. This effectively means that my contract of employment with Zinara will
terminate on 31 July 2019. The decision has been necessitated by personal
engagements that I would want to pursue.”
Eng Madanha confirmed receiving Ms Mujokoro’s resignation
letter.
The new board, he said, is determined to fight corruption
at Zinara in line with the aspirations of achieving targets of Vision 2030 as
set by President Mnangagwa.
“We are fighting the corruption at Zinara tooth and nail
and we are not going to leave any stone unturned in this regard. We have a
clear mandate from our Minister (Transport and Infrastructural Development
Minister Joel Biggie Matiza), who is determined to see all those who looted
Zinara funds behind bars. We are using our internal systems to uproot the
corruption at Zinara.
“The previous executives were sitting on all fraud reports
from our internal auditors because they were part and parcel to that game. We
are a new broom with new rules aimed at seeing a world class road network by
2030. As such, our fight against corruption is beyond any compromise,” said Eng
Madanha.
Minister Matiza recently appeared before Parliament’s
Public Accounts Committee to give evidence on an audit report prepared by
Auditor-General Mrs Mildred Chiri. He unearthed the historical corruption that
has been obtaining at Zinara, including paying two salaries for two chief
executive officers for the past 12 months and splashing thousands of United
States dollars on their hairstyles. Sunday Mail
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