Zimbabwe: DA Jailed for Corruption

28 February 2014

Chegutu district administrator Makanzwei Jecheche was on Wednesday convicted of soliciting for a US$9 000 bribe to facilitate allocation of an A2 plot and has been jailed for 12 months.Chinhoyi magistrate Mr Sam Chitumwa found Jecheche guilty of abuse as a public official.

He was sentenced to 18 months in prison, with six months suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.

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