{"id":47277,"date":"2021-09-27T19:27:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=47277"},"modified":"2021-09-27T18:56:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:56:44","slug":"parly-grills-bubi-rdc-ceo-over-us4-500-missing-council-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/parly-grills-bubi-rdc-ceo-over-us4-500-missing-council-funds","title":{"rendered":"Parly\u00a0Grills Bubi RDC CEO Over US$4 500 Missing Council Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Anna Chibamu<\/b> &#8211; BUBI Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive Patson Mlilo is in trouble after US$4 500 went missing from the local council\u2019s coffers.<\/p>\n<p>Public Accounts Parliamentary Portfolio committee led by Zanu PF\u2019s Dexter Nduna last Friday accused Mlilo tried to shield the prosecution of 12 local council employees who failed to remit outstanding amounts after making cash purchases of goods and services.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged fraud by the employees was exposed in the 2016 Auditor General\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p>However, parliamentary committee members grilled Mlilo over his failure to report the matter as a criminal case to the police after discovering the anomalies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you aware that you can be incarcerated for the offence? Why did you not report those employees to the police? You are an accomplice. There is a case to answer here,\u201d Nduna told Mlilo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you aware that you committed a serious offence that can lead you and your subordinates to a 140 year-jail term combined?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Mlilo claimed all the debt had been repaid by the implicated employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCash purchases were done by officers and we gave them Travel and Subsistence (allowances). We disciplined those who were doing criminal activities,\u201d Mlilo said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nduna argued Mlilo\u2019s actions were unlawful as he was criminalising the perpetrators and the matter should have been reported to the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you the police? It has taken you five years to go less than a kilometre away to report a case after creating a data list for criminals,\u201d Nduna added.<\/p>\n<p>Another committee member (Zanu PF) Jacob Nyakanhete also concurred with Nduna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people are real criminals. They are being held with soft hands. There is an issue of conniving. The CEO is categorising the offender as a staff debtor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese criminals have disadvantaged the council. The real code of conduct should have been taken. These employees should have been arrested and taken to court,\u201d Nyakanhete said.<\/p>\n<p>Mlilo agreed with the committee said the offenders did not qualify as staff debtors.<\/p>\n<p>Nduna warned the CEO, \u201cWe cannot operate Councils like tuck-shops. You were on auto-pilot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mlilo is facing criminal abuse of office charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By Anna Chibamu &#8211; BUBI Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive Patson Mlilo is in trouble after US$4 500 went missing from the local council\u2019s coffers. Public Accounts Parliamentary Portfolio committee led by Zanu PF\u2019s Dexter Nduna last Friday accused Mlilo tried to shield the prosecution of 12 local council employees who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-47277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-policy","11":"category-twitter","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Parly\u00a0Grills Bubi RDC CEO Over US$4 500 Missing Council Funds - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Anna Chibamu - 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