Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested three Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) employees based at Karoi Depot for issuing 26 provisional license certificates to candidate who allegedly failed their examination tests, the anti-graft spokesperson John Makamure has said.
Makamure said the three accused persons namely Musa Enesi, Obvious Vheremu and Alois Togarepi will appear in court Friday morning.
According to ZACC, Enesi issued eight provisional certificates to candidates who failed the examination while Vheremu and Togarepi issued 12 and six respectively.
“ZACC has intensified the fight against all forms of corruption at all levels of society in fulfillment of its mandate.
“Several arrests have been made in recent weeks including at Central Registry where a lot of bribery goes on,” said Makamure.
VID is one of the government agencies where corruption is reportedly rampant amid reports that people seeking to acquire drivers’ license made to pay amounts of money ranging from USD$50 to USD$200 to pass their tests.
Meanwhile, ZACC has arrested a land developing company for duping 120 land seekers of more than USD$160 000 by developing two pieces of stateland in Zvishavane and Shurugwi without approved engineering designs by the respective local authorities.
It is alleged that during the period between 17 August 2011 to 2015, the company, RM Construction Private Limited was allocated 1 200 stands to service at Mabhula Phase 2, Zvishavane and another 1 000 stands at Magakooshla, Shurugwi by the office of the former Midlands Province Governor, Jaison Machaya.
RM Construction embarked on the two projects by opening up roads and excavating water trenches at the Mabhula project, and opening up roads and laying of water pipes at the Magakooshla project, without approved engineering designs by the respective local authorities as per requirement. That was for the purpose of luring home-seekers to come and buy residential stands.
From 2014 to 2016, one hundred and twenty (120) home-seekers got lured and bought stands after being assured that the work the accused company was doing was above board and that they would be allowed to start constructing their houses immediately after paying for the stands.
When the complainants started raising concerns due to lack of progress at the two projects seven [7] years on to date, with some demanding their money back, the accused closed its Gweru offices without notifying the complainants and became evasive.
