Maputo — The administrator of the central Mozambican district of Sussundenga, Mariazinha Niquice, last week ordered the arrest of the owner of the building company Mozambique Construction because he had attempted to bribe her, reports Tuesday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais".
The contractor, Guideon Carlos Ernesto, was in dispute with the district government over delays in building a residence for the head of the Dombe administrative post. This job was awarded to Mozambique Construction in 2009, with a budget of 505,000 meticais (about 18,700 US dollars).
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