A POLICEMAN from Njube in Bulawayo is battling to reverse his dismissal from work after allegedly exposing corruption by workmates.
Clackson Muza is claiming that his colleagues threw him under the bus by concocting charges against him which led to his dismissal.
Muza told Southern Eye that he was discharged from work as a deserter in 2016 after lodging an appeal that he could not be transferred to Nyamapanda in Mashonaland East province.
He argues that he refused to be transfered because as he was still nursing injuries sustained in a road traffic accident.
“I have not been convicted, but they are refusing to allow me to be at work. On December 24, 2010, while on duty and in uniform, I was knocked down by a commuter omnibus.
“The scene was attended by Bulawayo Traffic West police, traffic accident book number 860/2010. The traffic cops falsified facts and figures to exonerate the commuter omnibus driver.
“They took the docket to the area public prosecutor only known as Ndebele. I lodged complaints numbers 03/2011 and 05/2011 at Bulawayo Provincial Police Headquarters, but they were ignored,” he said.
Muza claimed that he lodged another complaint at Police General Headquarters in Harare, leading to a team of investigators being assembled which recommended that five police officers be charged for corruption over the matter.
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He said investigations led to the traffic accident evaluator being charged for performing his duty in an improper manner.
“In 2016, he (evaluator) wrote a report to former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri lying that I was linked to the continued leakage of official information to the media.
“However, I was never questioned about this suspicion. I was never told as to what information I was suspected to have leaked to the media, nor did they tell me which media house I was suspected to have leaked the information to.
“In 2016, while seriously ill from post-accident injuries, I was transferred to Nyamapanda. Since I could not move to Nyamapanda on medical grounds, I wrote a report to Chihuri requesting the reversal of the transfer.”
Chihuri reportedly convened a medical board for recommendations but he claimed that evidence that was provided by the board, which led to his discharge as a deserter, was false.
Muza said he was living like a destitute due to the injuries, adding that he could not fend for his children whom he said were out of school.
Contacted for comment, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the matter was being investigated.
“The matter is before the High Court, it’s not a new case. He was discharged from his duties after he went AWOL for 21 days. A disciplinary action was taken leading to his dismissal,’’ Nyathi said.
