Econet Wireless has extended a compensation package that
could run into millions of dollars to a close nephew of President Emmerson
Mnangagawa who was killed in a traffic accident in March this year.
Garikayi Mnangagwa who worked at the President’s Farm in
Bikita was killed near Nyika Growth Point when his motorbike was hit by a
Toyota D4D driven by Econet business manager Tapiwa Mantiziba.
Garikayi died on the spot, while Ignatius Jaja a colleague
he was carrying on the bike died on admission at Silveira Hospital
Mantiziba who has since been convicted of negligent driving
and sentenced to an effective 12 months in prison is now using the compensation
package as part of his mitigation in his appeal
against sentence at the High Court in Masvingo.
Court papers in the hands of The Mirror show that Econet
has offered scholarships to the deceased’s children from Grade 1 to University.
The children are provided with monthly allowances in addition to the full
school account.
The wife was offered a job as a general hand at Econet.
The same gesture was made to the family of Jaja that has
since accepted the offer but the family of Garikai could not immediately take
the offer because they wanted to consult President Mnangagwa first.
Garikai worked at President Mnangagwa’s farm near Mutendi
Shrine in Bikita and on the fateful day he and his colleague rode on a
motorbike to Nyika Growth Point.
At the 212km peg at Rozva Bridge just before Nyika,
Mantiziba who was coming from the opposite direction overtook another car in
front of the oncoming motorbike and there was a collision and Garikayi suffered
an amputation of the right leg and he died on the spot. Jaja suffered head
injuries.
Mantiziba was also barred from driving for two years.
He appealed against the sentence and Justice Mawadze
reduced the effective jail sentence to eight months but upheld the suspension
of the accused’s licence. Masvingo Mirror
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