FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) chairman, Stanley Kazhanje\u2019s application for discharge Thursday hit a brick wall, after a Harare Magistrate ruled that there was reasonable suspicion that he committed the offence.<\/p>\n
Kazhanje is accused of corruptly concealing his personal interests in an RTGS$10 000 transaction with flashy businessman Wicknell Chivayo.<\/p>\n
The State alleges Kazhanje received the money in order to influence him not to cancel the controversial 100-megawatt Gwanda solar project which had been awarded to Chivayo\u2019s company, Intratrek Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
Kazhanje is also accused of failing to disclose that his company Terminal Engineers, once did consultancy work forChivayo.<\/p>\n
It was his argument that evidence by State witnesses exonerated him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe evidence shows that the accused declared his shareholding and directorship in Terminal Engineers,\u201d said his lawyer Harrison Nkomo.<\/p>\n
He also argued that everything he did was above board. But Harare senior regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya ruled otherwise.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe State managed to a prima facie against the accused person and he must be put to his defence,\u201d Mujaya said.<\/p>\n
Kazhanje will be back in court on June 6 where he will take the stand and defend himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) chairman, Stanley Kazhanje\u2019s application for discharge Thursday hit a brick wall, after a Harare Magistrate ruled that there was reasonable suspicion that he committed the offence. Kazhanje is accused of corruptly concealing his personal interests in an RTGS$10 000 transaction with flashy businessman Wicknell Chivayo. The State alleges Kazhanje received […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[530,265,591,435],"class_list":["post-9588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-corruption","tag-court","tag-gwanda","tag-industry"],"yoast_head":"\n