The Harare City Council is facing fresh allegations of "overpricing" and corruption, in a deal that involved a $144 million loan from China to overhaul the decaying Morton Jaffray Waterworks pump station.
The allegations emanated from a report by Peter Morris, a consultant whose probe showed that "more than $100 million was being abused by officials on the project", according to the Newsday newspaper. No other details were provided as to how the funds were being misused.
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