adminChikanga, who appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Donald Ndirowei on Friday, allegedly sold the stolen meters to Zesa employees who installed them in several households without the knowledge of the authority.
Finmark Industries managing director Mr Clint Dumisani Mutungwazi said, in June 2013, carried out a meter audit and discovered that two thousand meters were missing. He said that the number of installed meters did not tally with the registered meters at Zesa. The audit showed that a thousand meters were missing.
The illegal installations were first discovered by Zesa, leading to the arrest of the offending employees.
Further investigations led to the arrest of Chikanga. His accomplice Tapiwa Muhomba is still at large.
Finmark Industries was prejudiced of US$309 000 which is still to be recovered. Bail hearing is set for today and prosecutor Mrs Sharon Mashavire is opposing.
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