Ndarama SDA chairman Martin Makweza said the auditor went
to the school on Monday last week to get certain books of accounts but the head
refused to hand them over insisting that the auditor must first look into
previous sets of books. However, the same books he wanted looked into are
missing from the school and are allegedly being kept by a former SDA
chairperson Enesia Chekacheke.Parents told The Mirror that the current SDA
suspects systematic embezzlement of funds from the school. Incidentally parents
had to go to court to remove a previous chairperson Ray Muzenda who refused to
step down after serving in that position for 18 years.
Matongo declined to comment and referred The Mirror to the
District Schools Inspector (DSI) Ismael Chigaba. Chigaba said Ndarama is a
Government school which can only be audited by Government auditors. “We have
Government auditors, they are the ones who can only carry out an audit at a
Government school an
d not external auditors, that’s the procedure and parents
may not be aware of that. There are Government auditors who carried out an
audit in January and the results were sent to the Ministry and they responded.
We cannot continue to have auditors at the school,” said Chigaba
Parents added that Matongo’s reaction to the audit raises
eyebrows.“Parents need clarity on school funds which are not being accounted
for. They need clarity on a US$800 000 loan borrowed from BANC ABC whose
purpose we up to now have not been furnished with. There is also US$4 270 which
the school authority used without banking. Parents are bitter with Matongo’s
arrogance and we wonder as to who is backing him to act unlawfully,” said the
parent on condition of anonymity.
Parents have successfully reversed the US$158 school fees
allegedly imposed by Matongo and settled for US$80 a term. Masvingo Mirror
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