I don't have anything to do with that organisation - Mutodi responds to land seekers who lost thousands

Zim Now Writer

Former Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi has distanced himself from a company that collected money from civil servants on the promise it would provide them with residential stands.

The biggest batch affected were teachers who were on a stop-order arrangement with the company National Housing Delivery Trust from as way back as 2012.

Mutodi is the legislator of Goromonzi West.

Mutodi, however, said he had left the organisation and no longer has anything to do with it.

“I left that company in 2011. I was the chairperson, but I no longer work for it. As you are aware I am a Member of Parliament and therefore am not allowed to partake in such. The director of that company is Tendai Hangadya. You can contact the person,” he said.

The organisation no longer has known office address and the directors named as  Alma-Louise Gordon, B Chikono, B Chifamba, E. Mutodi, K Bhotsha and OZ Gumbo who are also listed as executives can no longer be located.

According to civil servants who spoke on condition of anonymity, the stands sold by NDHT were mainly in Masvingo and Bulawayo.

Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA) spokesperson, Daisy Zambuko,  confirmed the “scam” but said most of those affected got their money back through the courts.

She, however, did not reveal the number of teachers from her organisation who were affected.