A Zimbabwean court told Karoi Town Council they blew their chance to fire their acting town secretary because they took way longer than the law allows to wrap up his disciplinary case. The judge said the council broke the mandatory 14 working day deadline under some 2006 statute and also suspended Tongai Namisala twice without bringing him back between suspensions, which basically nuked their whole process.
Namisala was running the finance department and filling in as town secretary when cops grabbed him over claims he shook down a master plan engineer for more than 53 grand. The council started trying to fire him, but kept postponing hearings from late last year until they finally convicted him months later. An arbitrator already tossed the conviction and ordered them to give him his job back.
The mayor admitted the council has to either reinstate the guy or cut him a check for damages if bringing him back does not work out anymore.
Namisala was running the finance department and filling in as town secretary when cops grabbed him over claims he shook down a master plan engineer for more than 53 grand. The council started trying to fire him, but kept postponing hearings from late last year until they finally convicted him months later. An arbitrator already tossed the conviction and ordered them to give him his job back.
The mayor admitted the council has to either reinstate the guy or cut him a check for damages if bringing him back does not work out anymore.
