Town clerk fired

recommendations that sought the dismissal of Mr Tanyanyiwa and Ms Gumbo.
Council also approved the retirement of Dr Simoyi. The cases will now be forwarded to the Local Government Board for endorsement.

Meanwhile, the Government has extended by a month the term of office for the resuscitation team led by acting town clerk Mr Fungai Mbetsa.
The team’s mandate for the month is to recruit senior management and to conclude labour cases for other senior managers who include the suspended director of urban planning services Mr Conrad Muchesa.
Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday met members of the resuscitation team and the few remaining directors.

GODFREY TANYANYIWA

The meeting was to update Government on progress made by the team and the challenges it is facing.
He said he will soon deal with six councillors named in various land reports.
The councillors are accused of hoarding and selling land at high prices and disadvantaging residents on the housing waiting list.

Mayor Alderman Chipiyo complained that residents were failing to get water.
According to the disciplinary authority report, Mr Tanyanyiwa failed to attend his hearing on April 30 but the hearing proceeded and a default judgment was granted.
He was found guilt on all charges.

In scathing remarks, the disciplinary authority which was chaired by Mr Tsunga Morris Mhangami said Mr Tanyanyiwa should not be allowed “to continue presiding over Chitungwiza affairs if security of council finances is ever to be realised in future”.
The authority recommended dismissal with effect from the date of his suspension.

The authority noted that Mr Tanyanyiwa was not remorseful in view of his failure to attend the hearing, adding that the people of Chitungwiza “deserved better than they were experiencing now”.

Charges against Mr Tanyanyiwa included the fraudulent awarding of contracts, illegal allocation and subdivision of stands and buying management vehicles without council authority.

He was accused of awarding a US$2million contract to Centenary Plant and Equipment valued for the supply of 10 refuse trucks without a council resolution and without going to tender.

Mr Tanyanyiwa was allowed to buy for up to US$10 000 without council approval.
He was accused of issuing a hire purchase order for refuse collection trucks worth US$2.5 million to Autoemporium Private Ltd without council permission and without a tender.

In December 2011, he allegedly approved the awarding of a purchase order worth US$26 000 to a company called Brance to fix the floor, ceiling and walls of the council chamber without following tender procedures. The council argues that it possesses internal skills to do the job.Another charge arose from the purchase of management vehicles worth US$681 728.

The procurement board had deliberated on the matter, but the purchases were done before the matter was approved by full council.
Mr Tanyanyiwa also faced charges of unprocedurally authorising the subdivision of several stands in the town.
The stands were initially reserved for schools and churches, but were converted into residential use.

He was also accused of transferring US$80 000 to Floburg Real Estate under the guise of paying for the servicing of Nyatsime stands. It later transpired that the payment was for a house in Chisipite.He was also accused of putting his housemaid on the council payroll.
Mr Tanyanyiwa was paid a monthly allowance of US$200 for his housemaid but instead put the housemaid, one Mary Muzanenhamo, on a council salary of US$562,30.