via Zinara boss in $2m scandal – Southern Eye by Everson Mushava 10 January 2014
ZIMBABWE National Road Authority (Zinara) chief executive officer Frank Chitukutuku has been sucked into a $2 million scam involving awarding of a road rehabilitation tender in Umguza, Matabeleland North province.
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) which has been probing the matter recently produced a report marked RR13/03/12 where it alleged that Chitukutuku ordered the release of funds for the rehabilitation of a 31km stretch of Illitshe Road in Umguza and Bubi rural district councils to Notify Enterprises before the conclusion of tender procedures.
Some funds were also released to the same company for the construction of a bridge across Umguza River before the tender was awarded.
According to the Zacc documents, tenders were advertised as a cover-up after the contract had already been corruptly awarded to Notify without going to tender.
Chitukutuku is alleged to have authorised the transfer of $100 000, $170 000 on September 22 and another payout of $80 000 into Notify Enterprises’ accounts on September 30, 2010, the day the tender was supposed to close.
Zaac investigations established that Notify Enterprises was a shelf company owned by Twalumba Holdings owner Nkululeko Sibanda.
Chitukutuku yesterday refused to comment on the issue while Sibanda was not picking calls.
“I don’t know what you are talking about. I have never seen the paper and I have no comment about it,” Chitukutuku said.
According to Zacc, the Zinara boss, his co-accused Umguza Rural District Council CEO Collen Moyo and Sibanda allegedly met twice in September 2010 at Twalumba Holdings Fidelity Towers offices in Harare and agreed to corruptly award the tender to Notify Enterprises.
The cost of rehabilitating the 12km stretch of gravel road was put at $865 367 while the cost of constructing the bridge was pegged at $734 624,80, to bring the total to $1 599 991,80.
The cost for the remaining 19km came to $1,1 million and the paperwork was then submitted to Chitukutuku.
“In a bid to conceal the corrupt activities, Moyo placed an advertisement in Chronicle and The Herald of September 16 and 17 2010 respectively inviting tenders for the rehabilitation of Illitshe Road and construction of a bride across Umguza River,” read the Zacc papers.
“Patson Mlilo, chief executive officer of Bubi also placed another advertisement for the remaining 19km on the Bubi side. Both tenders were supposed to close on September 30, 2010 at 0830.”
“Although the tenders were supposed to be opened at 8:30am, on September 30, the process was delayed because the bid documents for Notify Enterprises Private Limited were not yet at Umguza and Bubi Rural District Council offices by 8:30am.
“The papers were still in Harare and were brought in by Councillor Sithokhozile Nkomo of Bubi Rural District Council who was flown from Harare to Bulawayo aboard Air Zimbabwe Flight number UM224 which left Harare on September 30 at 9am and the expenses were met by one Nkululeko Sibanda, owner of Notify Enterprises.”
According to Zacc, Notify Enterprises was not qualified to win the tenders because it had not submitted a bid bond.
“Accused 1 (Chitukutuku) altered the comparative schedule of bidders prepared by Engineer Mdlongwa of Umguza Rural District Council indication that Notify Enterprises Private Limited had submitted the required bond when in actual fact it had not,” said Zacc.
Moyo, who is already standing trial reportedly abusing his position to flout tender procedures, allegedly made false claims about the project.
COMMENTS
These are small issues Anti Corruption. Please be serious and investigate real cases. Tipeiwo maserious. So far how much have you claimed to investigate this case. Is it one of the soft spots that you have identified. You are now becoming an embarrassment.
why focus on these sardines? probe grace nemubvandiripo Russell, phil chiyangwa, obert mhofu, gina mbocho naseveral katsukukuviri. am sure you will be able to raise the 4 billion budget from theses thugs. trying to suck some 100,000 from these breams is tantamount to chasing rats in the kitchen while the whole house is on fire.
Hezvoko!Chabvondoko.
Notify iyoyi yakapihwa mari paBinga yikaita the same thing.it was paid 1 million ikatadza kugadzira 1km chaiyo yegravel. what a raw deal for the people of Binga.Notify old Equipment yake izvozvi is lying iddle paBinga and the 1km stretch yaakagadzira yacho yakatorohwa nemvura. Nkululeko haabhadhare vashandi,he we for eight months asina kubhadhara akatozoendeswa ku labour court and he managed to pay his employees three months salary. Anotenga marange rover and other luxury vehicles nemari yekugadzira road. isu tinomuziva chaizvo, ndewe flambo at the expense of development in areas like Binga.
WE AFRICANS HAVE NO PURPOSE ON EARTH. We are just like donkeys, waiting to be used to carry the burdens of others. Vakomana, is this why the whole commission was created?
There is a HongKong mansion, Durban mansion, Malaysia mansions to unravel. The diamonds at Chiadzwa; State parastatals tender scams where executives have formed shelf companies in China and neibouring countries and are awarding tenders to these to supply substandard products and parts at inflated prices (10x) to the parastatals they run. The parts do no not last hence the every deteriorating infrastructure. PLEASE!!! NXAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
ZINARA CEO une munyama iwe. You need concerted cleansing comrade
We are a pathetic lot. Let us not blame maBritishi or Europeans for our stealing habits. It’s in us. We want to steal, plunder or dispossess others.
When somebody investigates ZINARA properly there is going to be a can of worms opened that will implicate many minsters and MP,s including Goche, Mangwana, Shamu, etc Look into the activities of a company called BADON Enterprises. It is a front for these ministers to fill their pocket, Also look at the tender for the construction of VID depots around the country. MBAVA, the whole stinking lot.
Mashonaland United in Looting!
Wht d u expect frm a bunch of heavy looters,they born deep looters.looting and destruction flows in thier fat veins.Zvotoda Mwari nokuti havana nyadzi kwanzi takafunda madegree ecorruption and looting.kkkkk
Zanu pf is called LOOTERS’ CLUB! With Mujuru protecting them,nothing will happen to all those who are being exposed for corrupt practices. There are those who are saying these are small issues but when you combine their loot it is substantial. To tell zanu to stamp out graft is like telling a stone to move,it will not. Zanu thrives on corruption and coercion.Its time the majority say Enough is enough. This is also the time the MDC must launch serious border to border rallies to talk to the people highlighting all these issues not giving such lukewarm responses in the media. They must keep the momentum and not wait for 2017/18 to get to the people.
what is mai mujuru trying to do? she must keep quite we want those guys to be probed she mustnt say anything ndopamunoona hama kuti vanhu varivese ava sei vechiti hee nyaya dzakadero hadzitaurwe vanoda kuti tiite sei sei ngatibatei vanhu vakomana woye
Zanu looters have always been Terrorists, Killers, Murderers, Thieves, Liars, Rapists, Chronic Failures, Shameless Tribalists, Dictators, Racists, Confusionists, Power Hungry Satanists. How many of their True Heroes and Nationalists have they slaughtered in Cold Blood for reminding them of the need to preserve annd uphold the principles and ideals of THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE ? Now they are strangling each other for the country,s resources oblivious of the suffering they are inflicting on the majority of Zimbabweans.(1) The hounding out of Ndabaningi Sithole from Zanu on trumped-up allegations, (2) The Murder of Josiah Magama Tongogara because he wanted A United Patriotic Front Of Nationalists And Freedom Fighters To Return Home Under One Banner and FounderLeader, Father Zimbabwe, Joshua Nkomo, (3) The Gukurahundi Massacres meant to destroy The Ndebele People and those who sympathised with them and the WHOLE ZAPU STRUCTURES (4)THE UNITY ACCORD TO BURY NOT ONLY ZAPU, BUT ALL OPPOSITION AND DEMOCRACY, (5) THE WILLOWGATE SCANDAL , (6) THE GMB SCANDAL.(7) THE NOCZIM SCANDAL, (8) THE FAST TRACK LAND GRAB SCANDAL, (9) THE GENOCIDE ON WHITES AND MDC OPPONENTS (10) THE VOTE RIGGING AND ANTICS,(11) THE $15BILLION DOLLAR STATE SPONSORED THEFT OF THE COUNTRY,S NATURAL RESOURSES OF MARANGE DIAMONDS, etc Some unchrinicled numerous cases include (1) THE DISAPPEARANCE OF RASHIWE GUZHA, (2)THE MYSTERIES SURROUNDING THE DEATHS OF COLONEL NARE, PAUL GUNDANI, PARTRICK NABANYAMA, CAIN NKALA, MRTIN AND GLORIA OLDS, MADZIBABA BORDER GEZI, ELLIOTT MANYIKA, COMMANDER JOSIAH MUJURU (aka REX NHONGO) Mike Karakadzai , etc the list is endless, OTHER COUNTRIES UNDER SANCTIONS HAVE GONE ON TO PROSPER WITH NO MENTION OF THEM AT ALL, YET WITH THIEVES STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST THIEF HIMSELF,THERE ARE LOUD CRIES MOT BACKED BY PRODUCTIVE ACTION . COME TO THINK OF IT, A PAUSER, {WHICH OTHER COUNTRY THE WIRLD OVER CRIED LOUDER THAN EVERYONE ELSE ABOUT SUNCTIONS, DID NOTHING TO RESTORE ITSELF BUT WENT ON FURTHER TO DESTROY ITSELF THROUGH HATE SPEECH, CORRUPTION AT THE TOP,NEPOTISM, RACISM AND TRIBALISM, With no war to fight at Home? Which country on earth the world over has no currency of its own, no war, and WHY is it so?