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Makeshia 30 wa Mamlaka ya Taifa ya Usimamizi wa Bararbara nchini Zimbabwe (Zinara) wametimuliwa kazi kwa wizi.
Hili limekuja baada ya mamlaka kugundua udanganyifu katika mageti ya kulipia uliowahusisha makeshia, wasimamizi pamoja na maafisa wa polisi.
Makeshia 14 kati ya waliofukuzwa walikuwa katika vituo vya Skyline katika barabara kuu ya Harare-Masvingo, huku wengine 16 wakitokea katika vituo vya Dema, Shurugwi na Shamva.
Imeelezwa kuwa uchunguzi unaendelea kufanyika katika mageti mengine ya kulipia ya barabara za Zimbabwe.
Inaelezwa baadhi ya waliofukuzwa walitumia namba za magari ya kidiplomasia kupitisha magari yapatayo 46 ndani ya wiki moja na kujipatia kiasi cha Dola za Kimarekani 460.
Pia, mamlaka hiyo imesema kuwa baadhi ya siku keshia mmoja anaweza kuondoka na kiasi cha Dola za Kimarekani 200.
Mamlaka hiyo ya kusimamia barabara inasema huenda imeshapoteza mamilioni ya Dola kupitia wizi wa namna hiyo.
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THIRTY Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) cashiers have been fired for fraud and theft.
This comes after the authority uncovered systematic scams at four tollgates involving cashiers, supervisors and police officers manning the gates.
The loot was shared with everyone involved, from the supervising tollgate controllers down to the cleaners on an agreed hierarchy scale.
Fourteen of the fired cashiers were based at Skyline tollgate along the Harare-Masvingo Highway, while the other 16 were from Dema, Shurugwi and Shamva tollgates.
Investigations are now moving to other tollgates.
At the Shamva tollgate, the stupidity of a cashier made discovery easy.
This crook used the registration number of an exempt diplomatic car to let another 46 vehicles through in just one week, pocketing the $460 in fees paid by unsuspecting drivers.
But records show that the diplomatic car went through the gate one-way 46 times, and never returned in the opposite direction, raising suspicion and making detection easy.
Zinara now suspects it might have lost millions of dollars over the years if fraud was as widespread and as sophisticated as is feared.
Even some police officers deployed at tollgates for security reasons were sucked into the scam.
On a “good day” a cashier and a police officer could each pocket more than $200.
In the latest disciplinary actions, some cashiers have only been transferred to other tollgates, possibly because there was inadequate proof.
It is only recently that Zinara has installed systems that allow proper auditing of tollgates.
Investigations by The Herald showed that the cashiers were sold out by the sophisticated control system which showed videos and registration numbers for all vehicles that pass through the gates daily.
A mismatch between the punched registration numbers and the plates on the actual vehicles that passed through the gate, were noted by the system, prompting the security company to compile reports for Zinara’s attention.
The previous leadership reportedly did not act on the reports, but that changed with the new board chaired by Mr Michael Madanha, who acted on the report.
Zinara’s acting chief executive officer Mr Suston Muzenda confirmed the corrupt activities by employees.
“The dismissed cashiers have been using various methods to steal from the organisation, which included punching registration numbers of exempted vehicles on non-exempted ones,” he said.
“They would punch details of exempted cars on any other vehicles without exemption. The system would automatically record that an exempted car has passed, when cameras showed that it was actually another vehicle not on exemption.”
Mr Muzenda said cashiers also took advantage of busy times of the day where they manually opened boom gates as a way of “easing” traffic congestion.
“However, during the congestion moment, cashiers would be collecting cash from motorists by opening the boom gate manually. This allowed some vehicles to just pass through without being issued with receipts,” he said.
One of the fired cashiers, who was based at Skyline tollgate (name withheld), narrated how they milked Zinara using the manual payment system.
He disclosed that each cashier would contribute a fixed amount, which will be shared among other workers like police officers and cleaners who had no access to cash.
“All cashiers were instructed through their senior cashiers from the tolling controller that they had to subscribe on daily basis and the proceeds were to benefit everyone providing manpower at the tollgate.
“At the end of every shift, each cashier would contribute money, which could have been left by motorists.
Cashiers also contributed money from Point of Sale (POS) machine settlements which would not have been receipted.”
The senior cashier, according to the report, would get $25 from each cashier, pocketing $100 a shift. The tolling controller would also get $25 from each cashier every shift and he would control three toll gates at once.
Source: The Herald
Hili limekuja baada ya mamlaka kugundua udanganyifu katika mageti ya kulipia uliowahusisha makeshia, wasimamizi pamoja na maafisa wa polisi.
Makeshia 14 kati ya waliofukuzwa walikuwa katika vituo vya Skyline katika barabara kuu ya Harare-Masvingo, huku wengine 16 wakitokea katika vituo vya Dema, Shurugwi na Shamva.
Imeelezwa kuwa uchunguzi unaendelea kufanyika katika mageti mengine ya kulipia ya barabara za Zimbabwe.
Inaelezwa baadhi ya waliofukuzwa walitumia namba za magari ya kidiplomasia kupitisha magari yapatayo 46 ndani ya wiki moja na kujipatia kiasi cha Dola za Kimarekani 460.
Pia, mamlaka hiyo imesema kuwa baadhi ya siku keshia mmoja anaweza kuondoka na kiasi cha Dola za Kimarekani 200.
Mamlaka hiyo ya kusimamia barabara inasema huenda imeshapoteza mamilioni ya Dola kupitia wizi wa namna hiyo.
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THIRTY Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) cashiers have been fired for fraud and theft.
This comes after the authority uncovered systematic scams at four tollgates involving cashiers, supervisors and police officers manning the gates.
The loot was shared with everyone involved, from the supervising tollgate controllers down to the cleaners on an agreed hierarchy scale.
Fourteen of the fired cashiers were based at Skyline tollgate along the Harare-Masvingo Highway, while the other 16 were from Dema, Shurugwi and Shamva tollgates.
Investigations are now moving to other tollgates.
At the Shamva tollgate, the stupidity of a cashier made discovery easy.
This crook used the registration number of an exempt diplomatic car to let another 46 vehicles through in just one week, pocketing the $460 in fees paid by unsuspecting drivers.
But records show that the diplomatic car went through the gate one-way 46 times, and never returned in the opposite direction, raising suspicion and making detection easy.
Zinara now suspects it might have lost millions of dollars over the years if fraud was as widespread and as sophisticated as is feared.
Even some police officers deployed at tollgates for security reasons were sucked into the scam.
On a “good day” a cashier and a police officer could each pocket more than $200.
In the latest disciplinary actions, some cashiers have only been transferred to other tollgates, possibly because there was inadequate proof.
It is only recently that Zinara has installed systems that allow proper auditing of tollgates.
Investigations by The Herald showed that the cashiers were sold out by the sophisticated control system which showed videos and registration numbers for all vehicles that pass through the gates daily.
A mismatch between the punched registration numbers and the plates on the actual vehicles that passed through the gate, were noted by the system, prompting the security company to compile reports for Zinara’s attention.
The previous leadership reportedly did not act on the reports, but that changed with the new board chaired by Mr Michael Madanha, who acted on the report.
Zinara’s acting chief executive officer Mr Suston Muzenda confirmed the corrupt activities by employees.
“The dismissed cashiers have been using various methods to steal from the organisation, which included punching registration numbers of exempted vehicles on non-exempted ones,” he said.
“They would punch details of exempted cars on any other vehicles without exemption. The system would automatically record that an exempted car has passed, when cameras showed that it was actually another vehicle not on exemption.”
Mr Muzenda said cashiers also took advantage of busy times of the day where they manually opened boom gates as a way of “easing” traffic congestion.
“However, during the congestion moment, cashiers would be collecting cash from motorists by opening the boom gate manually. This allowed some vehicles to just pass through without being issued with receipts,” he said.
One of the fired cashiers, who was based at Skyline tollgate (name withheld), narrated how they milked Zinara using the manual payment system.
He disclosed that each cashier would contribute a fixed amount, which will be shared among other workers like police officers and cleaners who had no access to cash.
“All cashiers were instructed through their senior cashiers from the tolling controller that they had to subscribe on daily basis and the proceeds were to benefit everyone providing manpower at the tollgate.
“At the end of every shift, each cashier would contribute money, which could have been left by motorists.
Cashiers also contributed money from Point of Sale (POS) machine settlements which would not have been receipted.”
The senior cashier, according to the report, would get $25 from each cashier, pocketing $100 a shift. The tolling controller would also get $25 from each cashier every shift and he would control three toll gates at once.
Source: The Herald
