Online Reporter
Zvikomborero Parafini
A NATIONAL Foods Workington Branch’s weighbridge attendant allegedly duped the company of over US$9,000.
Simon Kuyezesa, 53, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai.
National Foods is being represented in court by its loss control manager Claudius Chitongo.
Allegations are that on July 31, Kuyezesa received a truck, which was being driven by Bernard Soko, who is still at large.
The truck was carrying wheat which had been imported by National Foods from Russia.
Kuyezesa allegedly weighed the truck using the weighbridge machine and produced a ticket purporting that the truck had a maximum weight of 47 460kgs.
The came to light when CCTV monitor supervisor, Gift Ruzvidzo, during a routine verification of the wheat receipt, played back the camera and observed that the truck driven by Bernard Soko had a maximum weight of 35,400 kgs Instead of 47,460 kgs.
Kuyezesa allegedly inflated the weight of the wheat by 12,060 kgs, knowing that the shortfall had already been stolen in transit by Soko.
To cover up for the offence, he printed the same information of truck number AGB 3635 and trailer number AGQ6484 that was weighed before Soko’s truck.
As a result of Kuyezesa’s actions National Foods suffered an actual prejudice of US$4,811 being the value of a shortfall of wheat amounting to 12,060kgs, and nothing was recovered.
Using the same modus operandi, Kuyezesa inflated wheat in a truck which was being driven by Anyway Fenyere, who is also still at large.
The company lost wheat worth US$5,083.
