Newsday reports that 10 officials in Grade Four benefited
from the luxury Toyota Fortuner GD-6 sport utility vehicles at a cost of around
US$70 000 for the lowest priced.
The vehicles were reportedly purchased at a local car
dealer. The officials have been avoiding driving the vehicles to Town House as
it raises eyebrows.
Yesterday, acting finance director Godfrey Kusangaya
confirmed to NewsDay the purchase of the vehicles. “This is a human resource
issue, but they got the vehicles through loans. They have loans. People say
what they want, but you can get our human resources department if you want more
details,” Kusangaya said.
Human resources and general purposes committee chairperson,
councillor George Mujajati yesterday refused to comment on the matter. “I don’t
know about the matter. Maybe you can look for council officials who can comment
on the issue,” he said.
