Zanu PF National Commissar and Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere is entangled in a tussle with Chiredzi Town Council management as the former battles to silence the local authority over the housing scam in which he has been named.
Kasukuwere last week deployed a team of auditors in a desperate attempt to allegedly divert attention from the housing scam. The minister is being accused of fraudulently sanctioning the allocation of residential stands through a dubious housing cooperative and millions of dollars have been realised through the scam.
ZimEye.com is reliably informed Kasukuwere has issued a directive to have Chiredzi Town Board chairperson Francis Moyo arrested since he is the one raising alarm on the scam.
It has further emerged Moyo is accused of driving a council vehicle that was involved in a terrible crash last month, a trivial matter sources say is meant to gag the vocal official.
A defiant Moyo denied the claims being raised by the Kasukuwere appointed auditors at the town house. “Yes I can confirm that there is a directive that has been issued to the police so that I can be arrested. I am shocked by the whole move since I never drove the vehicle on the said day .The auditors from the ministry have been appointed by the minister as a move to silence people thought to be vocal here,”said Moyo.
Kasukuwere is working closely with Chiredzi Town Secretary Charles Muchatukwa to muzzle officials who are determined to expose facts on the housing scam.
Council officials have also lambasted Kasukuwere for stooping low to wade into lower level matters,losing self esteem in the process.