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Harare City Council finance director Tendai Kwenda has been arrested on corruption allegations, the head of the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU), Thabani Mpofu has confirmed.
The arrests come barely two days after Harare human resources director Cainos Chingombe was arrested by police working with the SACU for alleged criminal abuse of office and defrauding the council of millions of dollars.
SACU head Mr Thabani Mpofu yesterday confirmed the arrest of Kwenda on charges of authorising the heavy expenditure on managers.
Kwenda allegedly paid US$8 million to top managers in allowances, holidays, purchase of personal vehicles and hefty retrenchment packages.
One of the top managers, Stanely Mungofa, was given a US$1,7 million retrenchment package in 2014.
Harare Metropolitan Provincial Development Coordinator, Mr Tafadzwa Muguti, warned that the arrest of corrupt council officials will continue until order and honesty have been restored in all local authorities.
“I would like to assure you that we are not targeting individuals, neither are we driven by politics, but by the mere disgust and distaste of corruption and unethical abuse of office,”
Among other top officials recently arrested are mayor Jacob Mafume, former mayor Herbert Gomba, town clerk Hosiah Chisango, housing director Addmore Nhekairo and former housing director Matthew Marara.
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