Oilgate: Another CMED manager suspended

THE Central Mechanical Engineering Department (CMED) has suspended its fuels manager Brian Manjengwa without salary pending a disciplinary hearing on August 27 as the parastatal moves to investigate how it was fleeced of $2,7 million in a botched fuel deal.

CMED was up in arms with First Oil after the latter failed to supply three million litres of diesel despite being paid.

The suspension was the second at the parastatal after managing director Davison Mhaka was sent on indefinite forced leave on full benefits on August 7.

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