Harare magistrate Mrs Rumbidzai Mugwagwa dismissed former NetOne chief executive officer Reward Kangai’s application for refusal of further remand saying that the police needed ample time to investigate the matter.
Magistrate Mugwagwa said due to the complexity and nature of the charges that Kangai was facing, the State could not be said to have been delaying in providing him with a trial date. This was after prosecutor Miss Ropafadzo Botch had sought further postponement of the matter on the basis that there were extra-territorial investigations being conducted. Miss Botch said from the ongoing investigations, more charges against Kangai were emerging. The matter was remanded to November 21. Kangai, through his lawyer Mr Nyasha Munetsi, successfully applied to have his passport back until the next remand date.
Kangai is facing 21 counts of criminal abuse of duty after he allegedly favoured his friends and relatives with contracts for base station construction during his time in office. Kangai allegedly showed favour to Bopela Family Trust by sanctioning the advance rental payment of $10 500, which covered a period of 21 months. This is despite that NetOne has no provision for advance rental payments and the lease agreements entered between the company and base station landlords had no provision for such.
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