Chiredzi Town Council (CTC) Housing and Community Services Director, Emily Paradzai (55), is facing a criminal abuse of office charge for the alleged double allocation of a residential stand.
As reported by <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/chiredzi-tc-housing-director-arrested/">The Mirror</a>, Paradzai, who resides at house number 17 Impala Road, Chiredzi, appeared before Regional Magistrate Judith Zuyu last week.
She was charged with Criminal abuse of duty as a public officer as defined under Section 174 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (Chapter 09:23).
Magistrate Zuyu remanded Paradzai out of custody to a later date for the continuation of the trial.
The case dates back to the period from April 26, 2023, to January 3, 2024, during which Paradzai allegedly sold or facilitated the sale of stand number 10547 Melbourne Park, Chiredzi, to Arnold Mpofu. The stand had previously been allocated to Lazarus Chanakira Duku.
The issue came to light when Duku visited the local authority’s offices to inquire before starting construction and was informed that the stand belonged to Mpofu.
Duku subsequently filed a police report, leading to Paradzai’s arrest.
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A lady named Emily Paradzai from Chiredzi Town Council has been arrested for giving a residential stand to two different people. She is in trouble for not doing her job properly. The case started from April 26, 2023, to January 3, 2024 when she gave the same stand to two different people. When one of them wanted to build on the stand, they found out it belonged to someone else. The person who was supposed to have the stand told the police, and now Emily is in trouble. She will have to go back to court later for more questioning.

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