Crime & CourtNewsBy Nigel PfundeHARARE — Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption watchdog (Zacc) has reached ‘a dead end’ and closed its inquiry into alleged fraud in the procurement of election materials for the 2023 polls, an official said Wednesday.The anti corruption watchdog said it found no evidence and nexus linking businessman Wicknell Chivayo or the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to wrongdoing in the award of contracts worth over $100 million to South African company Ren-Form CC, which were issued without an open tender.Chivayo welcomed the development .“Regrettably, the allegations inflicted severe and irreparable consequences on my personal affairs, including substantial loss of business opportunities and adverse risk assessments by certain financial institutions such as banks,” he said.The Intratrek Zimbabwe boss said he “anticipates that the confirmation by ZACC will finally restore confidence in my personal and business standing” adding that he hoped “ZACC’s clarification will allow my businesses to re-engage confidently with both local and global partners without the burden of speculation.”ZEC chairperson Priscilla Chigumba previously stated that their election procurement was above board, insisting that ZEC had “no contract nor did it procure any election material from or through individuals being mentioned in the reports.”She added: “The commission has checked with the supplier (Ren-Form CC) who categorically stated in writing that they did not have any contract with the same individuals for the supply of election materials during the 2023 elections. Furthermore, there were no third parties between the commission and all election material suppliers.“Any statements suggesting a contractual link between ZEC and these individuals for the supply of the election materials are inaccurate, misleading and mischievous and therefore should be dismissed with the contempt they deserve.”Ren-Form has denied wrong-doing. In a statement to The Sentry, it said Chivayo was “one of our agents over there, so there’s nothing wrong with that.”The can of worms of the trumped up allegations was stemmed from claims made by incarcerated businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu who made inference that they were elbowed out of the purported deal by Intratek.Mpofu even wrote a sensational letter to Ren Form threatening them of how their ‘business standing’ will be affected.Leave a ReplyCancel reply Crime & CourtNewsBy Nigel PfundeHARARE — Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption watchdog (Zacc) has reached ‘a dead end’ and closed its inquiry into alleged fraud in the procurement of election materials for the 2023 polls, an official said Wednesday.The anti corruption watchdog said it found no evidence and nexus linking businessman Wicknell Chivayo or the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to wrongdoing in the award of contracts worth over $100 million to South African company Ren-Form CC, which were issued without an open tender.Chivayo welcomed the development .“Regrettably, the allegations inflicted severe and irreparable consequences on my personal affairs, including substantial loss of business opportunities and adverse risk assessments by certain financial institutions such as banks,” he said.The Intratrek Zimbabwe boss said he “anticipates that the confirmation by ZACC will finally restore confidence in my personal and business standing” adding that he hoped “ZACC’s clarification will allow my businesses to re-engage confidently with both local and global partners without the burden of speculation.”ZEC chairperson Priscilla Chigumba previously stated that their election procurement was above board, insisting that ZEC had “no contract nor did it procure any election material from or through individuals being mentioned in the reports.”She added: “The commission has checked with the supplier (Ren-Form CC) who categorically stated in writing that they did not have any contract with the same individuals for the supply of election materials during the 2023 elections.
In a statement to The Sentry, it said Chivayo was “one of our agents over there, so there’s nothing wrong with that.”The can of worms of the trumped up allegations was stemmed from claims made by incarcerated businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu who made inference that they were elbowed out of the purported deal by Intratek.Mpofu even wrote a sensational letter to Ren Form threatening them of how their ‘business standing’ will be affected. HARARE — Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption watchdog (Zacc) has reached ‘a dead end’ and closed its inquiry into alleged fraud in the procurement of election materials for the 2023 polls, an official said Wednesday. The anti corruption watchdog said it found no evidence and nexus linking businessman Wicknell Chivayo or the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to wrongdoing in the award of contracts worth over $100 million to South African company Ren-Form CC, which were issued without an open tender.Chivayo welcomed the development .
“Regrettably, the allegations inflicted severe and irreparable consequences on my personal affairs, including substantial loss of business opportunities and adverse risk assessments by certain financial institutions such as banks,” he said. The Intratrek Zimbabwe boss said he “anticipates that the confirmation by ZACC will finally restore confidence in my personal and business standing” adding that he hoped “ZACC’s clarification will allow my businesses to re-engage confidently with both local and global partners without the burden of speculation.” ZEC chairperson Priscilla Chigumba previously stated that their election procurement was above board, insisting that ZEC had “no contract nor did it procure any election material from or through individuals being mentioned in the reports.” She added: “The commission has checked with the supplier (Ren-Form CC) who categorically stated in writing that they did not have any contract with the same individuals for the supply of election materials during the 2023 elections. Furthermore, there were no third parties between the commission and all election material suppliers.
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“Any statements suggesting a contractual link between ZEC and these individuals for the supply of the election materials are inaccurate, misleading and mischievous and therefore should be dismissed with the contempt they deserve.” Ren-Form has denied wrong-doing. In a statement to The Sentry, it said Chivayo was “one of our agents over there, so there’s nothing wrong with that.”The can of worms of the trumped up allegations was stemmed from claims made by incarcerated businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu who made inference that they were elbowed out of the purported deal by Intratek. Mpofu even wrote a sensational letter to Ren Form threatening them of how their ‘business standing’ will be affected.
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