ZIMBABWE Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company’s Kadoma District Accountant, Kevin Zivurawa, was yesterday dragged to court after being implicated in an obstruction of justice scandal.
The State alleged that on August 4 Zivurawa, knowing fully well that Esol Engineering and its directors were under ZACC criminal investigations, forwarded the ZACC Letter of request for information on the case to Tatenda Ronnie Ngwaru.
ZIMBABWE Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company’s Kadoma District Accountant, Kevin Zivurawa, was yesterday dragged to court after being implicated in an obstruction of justice scandal.
Zivurawa 41, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare regional magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa.
He was released on US$100 bail and was ordered not to interfere with witnesses, to reside at his given address and to report once a week at the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission offices in the capital.
Prosecutor Rufaro Chonzi alleged that on July 31, ZACC received information on a case of Fraud and Forgery which had allegedly happened at ZETDC in Harare involving a company called Esol Engineering (Pvt) Ltd.
On the same day, ZACC wrote to the Group CEOof ZESA Holdings, requesting for information which related to the case under investigation.
ZESA Holdings, through its internal processes, sent ZACC’s request to Zivurawa’s office so that it could provide useful information which related to the case since ZETDC Kadoma district also dealt with Esol Engineering.
The State alleged that on August 4 Zivurawa, knowing fully well that Esol Engineering and its directors were under ZACC criminal investigations, forwarded the ZACC Letter of request for information on the case to Tatenda Ronnie Ngwaru.
He is one of the directors at Esol Engineering and alerted him that he was being investigated.
This communication was done through WhatsApp.
According to the State, Zivurawa intended to defeat or obstruct the investigation.
Investigations further established that Zivurawa had been working with Tatenda Ronnie Ngwaru for some time, giving him some ZETDC inside information pertaining to supplies required.
This gave Esol Engineering an upper hand over other suppliers.
WhatsApp conversations also indicated that Zivurawa did some side jobs with Esol Engineering which then motivated him to alert the company of the ZACC investigations.
