Transport Minister Suspends Managers Over Corrupt Issuance of Licences

The Minister of Transport, Joel Biggie Matiza, on Friday, announced that he has suspended two Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) managers in charge of Marondera and Beitbridge Depots following reports of corrupt issuance of drivers’ licences.

In a press statement, Matiza said:

The Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Joel Biggie Matiza wishes to inform members of the public that due to allegations of corruption levelled at VID Marondera, the Marondera Depot manager Munyaradzi S Kachere has been suspended together with officers involved in corruptly issuing provisional learners’ licenses namely J Musosi and D Chingwaru.

At VID Beitbridge, the Acting Depot Manager K Mutatabikwa and an officer T Maposa who are alleged to have improperly issued learners licenses to undeserving applicants have been suspended pending investigations.

The minister added that a committee tasked with carrying out investigations has been set. He added that plans to computerise the issuance of driving documents at all VID depots across the country were ongoing. The statement read:

The Electronic Learners Licensing Testing System (ELLTS) which has already computerized VID Eastlea, VID Chitungwiza and VID Bulawayo will be speedily rolled out to Provincial capitals such as Gweru, Masvingo, Mutare and then spread out to all other towns countrywide. This strategy is being implemented to curb corruption on the issuance of learners Licenses countrywide.

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