adminReconnecting electricity illegally earns man jail term
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau
A CHEGUTU man has been jailed 10 years for illegally reconnecting electricity after he was switched off by Zesa for not paying bills.
Obvious Muposiwa (31) of House Number 2890 ZMDC House, was arrested after two acts of defiance.
Power to his house was disconnected on February 8 and he went on to reconnect as soon as the Zesa worker had left.
Several days later, another Zesa employee discovered that Muposiwa had illegally reconnected electricity supplies.
This prompted the power utility to remove the Miniature Circuit Breaker to ensure power would not be available.
However, this did not deter Muposiwa. He went on to use wires to restore the supplies.
He was arrested and brought before Chegutu magistrate Mr Fabian Feshete who convicted him of destroying or interfering
with Zesa equipment for distributing electricity without authority.
He was convicted on his own plea to the charge.
Mr Feshete slapped Muposiwa with a 10-year mandatory term of imprisonment.
The court could not find special circumstances to warrant the reduction of sentence.
Prosecutor Mr Solomon Kanyoka appeared for the State.
Anyone arrested for possession, stealing or vandalising Zesa Holdings infrastructure can be jailed for not less
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