Staff Reporter| Chikurubi inmate (2005- 2008 ) and fraud convict, Wicknel Chivayo has finally confessed on why he is failing to commence works on the Gwanda Solar project for which he received an instant $5million payment from the state owned power utility, ZESA more than 2 years ago.
Chivayo who last night dodged answering questions to ZimEye, recited the same answers he gave ZimEye early 2016 to a local publication.
In April last year, Chivayo reported saying he needs a bank loan in order to begin the project. This time he has told the Daily News that “delay of the project is the issue of funding.
He said he will not be returning the $5 million in dispute — blaming a lack of funds on the part of Zesa for delays in the commencement of works at his Gwanda site.
“There is a contract and there is no need to return the money, but to complete the project. This is a multi-million dollar project and I have to do the job, and right now there are people on the ground. CONTINUE READING…
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“The $5 million is only for the pre-commencement works. The delay of the project is the issue of funding, but work on the ground will be complete in three weeks.
“I stand guided by obligations in the contract, not any speculation and wishful thinking from the media,” a defiant Chivayo told the Daily News On Sunday yesterday.
Chivayo, who is often referred to by his associates as Sir Wicknell, was awarded a $200 million tender for the Gwanda Solar Project. He was also awarded a further $73 million for the refurbishment of the Harare Power Station, $163 million for the restoration of the Munyati Power Station, and $248 million for the Gairezi Power project by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) — a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings.
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ZPC senior management stands accused of advancing $5 million to Chivayo for the Gwanda Solar project’s pre-commencement works, despite him not providing a performance guarantee as required by law.
The performance guarantee acts as financial security and is supposed to be presented by the contractor before commencement of works. It insulates the client if the contractor fails to fulfill obligations set out in the contract.
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Surely a project of this magnitude must be given to someone with proof of having done a similar huge project before, not proof that someone has been recently out of Chikurubi….! This is crap, this dude was just a front for the mafia…they have already shared the spoils…! In the same manner the whole government is the same…and Zanu is the same! The ONLY solution is to get rid of anything with Zanu in it and start afresh, failure to do that, Zim is doomed!!!
Only Two rooms for him and nothing else! Haaada kupfuma hakudaro mukoma. Zvinoda dikita! Saka joy yacho iripi. Kushandiswa takakuwona panan Paweni, Nyagumbo,etc
Attach his property (houses and cars) and auction then find Taangwena two rooms in Budiriro or Epiworth please!
You are correct. This is theft. How do you award a multi million dollar contract to a convicted fraudster if you are not part of the scam? The ZESA and ministry officials who were involved in the due diligence leading to the awarding of this contract should be brought to book.
This is daylight robbery!
A contractor must have his own capital and his Cv should show previous projects carried out and successfuilly commissioned.That’s how tenders are won.
This is Undenge and Company scam! They must be brought to court for stealing from the taxpayer!
Fatso should go to prison like Chombo and Chipanga.
He spend our money like water on trainers,dinners in Dubai with Grace and cars.
The decision to give this dude a tender was wrong from the outset. The dude relied on a bank loan to fund a $200m solar energy project. This is fatal because the dude did not have the capacity to carry out such a massive project and neither the technical knowhow. That explains why there is no any developments on the ground. In fact the dude is a front for fictious dodge pseudo companies defrauding the state.