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THE Harare City Council (HCC) has been hit by a fresh corruption scandal after a tender to supply 10 000 Tyvek Covid-19 protective overalls worth ZW$51 520 000 was awarded without going to tender to a briefcase company, whose owner was blacklisted for similar allegations, an internal audit has revealed.
The confidential audit report by City of Harare audit manager Archibald Nyamurova, also revealed that prices for the equipment were heavily inflated, while the city’s procurement and compliance officer and buyer Abel Dzuke allegedly took delivery of a brand new Isuzu KB300 truck as a kickback for facilitating the shady deal.
Suspended Harare Town Clerk Hosiah Chisango ordered the audit after learning of the fishy deal in which the shelf company, Eqstra Hardware and Electrical, was cherry-picked to supply the Tyvek coveralls under order number 0105212.