By Terrence Mawawa|Public Works and Local Government Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has been caught in the Chiredzi Town Council residential stands scam in which he clandestinely authorised the distribution of the stands, thereby igniting corruption.
 
Sources in Chiredzi last week said Kasukuwere authorised the distribution of 50 residential stands through a bogus housing cooperative, bypassing the town council in the process.
In a bid to gag the town council management, Kasukuwere has threatened to deploy a team of investigators, ostensibly to analyse cases of mismanagement at the local authority.
 
Analysts say the move by Kasukuwere is a desperate bid to cover up for the mess he created by as said ‘fraudulently’ authorising the distribution of the residential stands.
Chiredzi Town Council chairman Francis Moyo confirmed Kasukuwere would soon dispatch a team to probe the city council.
“I can confirm that there is a team that is coming here to carry out some investigations but the truth of the matter is we do not even know how the stands in question ended up in the hands of a housing cooperative,” said Moyo.
 
Sources in Chiredzi said Kasukuwere’s efforts to pile pressure on the town council indicate the Minister is eager to blame it for his own blunders.
 
The stands worth thousands of dollars, were distributed secretly such that it is widely believed Kasukuwere is a direct beneficiary of the scam.