Nyakujawa,
who
serves
as
the
District
Public
Works
Officer
for
Ingutsheni
District
in
Bulawayo,
pleaded
guilty
to
the
charges.
Six
months
of
his
sentence
were
suspended
on
condition
of
good
behaviour,
while
the
remaining
six
months
were
suspended
on
condition
that
he
completes
210
hours
of
community
service.
The
court
heard
that
sometime
in
2024,
Nyakujawa
visited
Founders
High
School
in
his
official
capacity
to
assess
and
prepare
a
bill
of
quantities
for
painting
work
that
the
Public
Works
Department
was
scheduled
to
carry
out.
However,
in
December
2024,
he
allegedly
told
the
school
that
the
department
lacked
sufficient
human
resources
for
the
job
and
advised
them
to
hire
his
private
company,
Rota
Cons
Engineering
(Pvt)
Ltd.
The
company
was
subsequently
awarded
a
contract
worth
US$2,002
to
paint
the
school’s
administration
block,
its
roof,
and
the
front
of
an
adjacent
classroom.
The
court
found
that
Nyakujawa
acted
in
a
clear
conflict
of
interest
by
supervising
the
work
both
as
the
director
of
Rota
Cons
Engineering
and
as
the
District
Public
Works
Officer.
He
also
failed
to
produce
site
handover
certificates
and
site
supervision
reports,
a
deliberate
move
to
conceal
the
transaction
from
his
superiors.