Kenneth Nyakujawa, a district officer with the Ministry of Public Works and director of Rota Cons Engineering, received a 12-month prison term after admitting he steered a school painting contract worth over two thousand dollars toward his private firm without disclosing the conflict to government authorities. Bulawayo Provincial Magistrate Richard Ramaboea suspended half the sentence contingent on good behavior and converted the remainder to 210 hours of community service at Nkulumane Police Station.
Prosecutors established that Nyakujawa evaluated renovation requirements at Founders High School before recommending his enterprise as a substitute for ministry painters, then supervised the administration block project while simultaneously representing both parties. Defense counsel Constance Mathaba emphasized that his client lost nine hundred dollars on labor expenses and faced arrest before receiving payment.
Prosecutors established that Nyakujawa evaluated renovation requirements at Founders High School before recommending his enterprise as a substitute for ministry painters, then supervised the administration block project while simultaneously representing both parties. Defense counsel Constance Mathaba emphasized that his client lost nine hundred dollars on labor expenses and faced arrest before receiving payment.
