Zambia: An 18-YEAR-OLD man of Kabwe’s Makululu township has allegedly been bitten on the genitals by a woman of the same area in unexplained circumstances.

The victim, Jack Kamoto, was allegedly bitten by a woman only identified as Bana Aggie, and is admitted at Kabwe General Hospital.

Central Province commissioner of police Standwell Lungu confirmed the matter and that it is under investigations.

Jack said from his hospital bed on Sunday that he was allegedly attacked around 20:00 hours on Friday outside Sonks Corner where his elder brother had sent him to buy beer.

Source: Zambia Daily Mail

A 23-YEAR-OLD Masvingo woman has died in a suspected suicide after allegedly throwing herself into Mucheke River after a heated row with her husband over allegations of infidelity.
Assistant Inspector Kudakwashe Dehwa of Masvingo Police said officers were called to a footbridge in Mucheke suburb following a report that a woman had “thrown herself into the water.”
Late yesterday, Fadzai Tichana’s body was yet to be retrieved from the river as investigators awaited the arrival of the police sub aqua unit from Harare.
A neighbour who spoke on condition of anonymity said Tichana and her husband, Tinashe Mawine, had a long standing dispute over allegations of infidelity and suggested that could have caused her to commit suicide.

The neighbour said Tichana’s father had been made aware of the infidelity claims against her daughter.
“I know Mawine as a jealous husband. He has a long history of abusing his wife over allegations of infidelity and many a time he would beat her even in full view of neighbours,” the neighbour told Chronicle.

“Mawine’s father in-law was fully aware of what was happening.”
Tichana’s sister in-law, Jane Muzhavazhi, of Dindingwe Drive in the Hillside area, said she sneaked out of the family home and her clothes were found near Mucheke River.

“She complained of diarrhoea at around 8PM while sleeping with her husband at her parents’ house in Hillside. She then asked for toilet paper before sneaking out of the house under the pretext that she wanted to relieve herself,” said Muzhavazhi.

She said Mawine became worried when Tichana took long to return.
“Mawine went outside at around 3AM, got into the toilet but found no-one. After a long search, a report was made at Chikato Police Station. At around 6AM, we received a call from the police informing us that a woman with the same features as Tichana was seen by passersby throwing herself into the river near a footbridge,” Muzhavazhi said.

“Tichana was seen taking off her clothes before throwing herself into the river by people who were going to work at the industrial site. It’s said she shouted her name out while standing at the bridge before plunging into the water. Up to now her body is yet to be retrieved. Police have said they’re waiting for personnel from the sub-aqua unit.”

The State Procurement Board has come under fire from losing bidders of a US$2 million security tender for allegedly awarding the tender to two companies owned by one person.
Trust Me Security and Tragic Security, which are linked to Mr Trustmore Dzinoruma, were awarded the tender to provide security services at more than 21 Zimra stations countrywide.

Authority to provide security at five other Zimra stations was given to Kadison Security.
The winning bidders were reportedly among firms that had the highest charges, but the SPB proceeded to award them the tender.

Some of the companies that were bidding for the same services have since written to the SPB complaining about the manner in which Tender No. ZIMRA 8/2013 was handled.

SPB chairman Mr Charles Kuwaza yesterday said everything was done above board and records of the proceedings were in order.
He said the companies, as required by the law, met the specifications and were the lowest bidders.

“You say the tender was awarded on the pretext that they were the lowest tender bidders, that is not a pretext, it is a requirement of the law that tenders be awarded to the lowest bidder for specification,” he said.

“Section 11 of the Procurement Regulations requires that: “Tender documents shall be subject to the following conditions or be accompanied by the following information as the case may be—(a) the lowest evaluated tender to specification shall be accepted. Please see the principal officer Mr (Cledwin) Nyanhete who will show you in confidence the record of proceedings for this tender.”

The tender awarded through PBR 1648 of December 19 2013 gave Trust Me and Tragic Security companies the authority to provide security at the Zimra head office in Harare, Beitbridge, Nyamapanda, Chirundu, Chinhoyi, Mukumbura, Masvingo, Gweru, Zvishavane, Kadoma, Chiredzi and Mutare.


Other areas were Sango, Forbes, Rusape, Mt Selinda, Kwekwe and Kanyemba.
The lots awarded to the two companies are worth $1 997 862, 60 annually, while Kadison Security will get $572 274, 72.

In a letter copied to Mr Nyanhete and Zimra commissioner general Mr Gershom Pasi, one of the bidding companies said the tender was handled “erroneously.”
The company claimed that no supplier visits were done and that Zimra and SPB officials were bribed.

“It is surprising to note that you awarded four lots out of five of the same tender to two companies owned by one individual called Trustmore Dzinoruma who is the owner of both Tragic and Trust Me Security,” read the letter.

“Tragic and Trust Me Security are just two different names operating under the same offices, we wonder if any supplier visits or surveys were done.”
The company said the tender document stated that compliant bidders were to be limited to not more than two lots.

Mr Dzinoruma said he won the tender procedurally, adding that he only owned one company with the second belonging to his sister.
“I only own Trust Me Security and Tragic is owned by my sister,” he said. “You cannot expect anything positive from a losing bidder. If they are complaining or not satisfied they can approach the courts. All I can say is the tender was handled by the SPB and I refer you to them for clarifications.”

The letter also alleged that Trust Me was providing security services to all Rainbow Tourism Group and Zim-Sun hotels and Telecel Zimbabwe countrywide.
This is not the first time tenders raised to Trust Me Security have raise eyebrows.

In 2010, the company was embroiled in another scandal after Zesa Holdings awarded a US$1 million tender to the company ahead of 18 other companies that had tendered their bids.

That same year, a Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe tender was declared null and void by the court after losing bidders contested the awarding of the tender to Trust Me Security.

The court ruled that there were serious shortcomings in the way the SPB had handled the tender and a new tender was floated.