EX-JUDGE ARRESTED FOR EWSC PIPES DAMAGE
MAFUTSENI – The former judge, who was reported to the police for allegedly damaging water pipes for EWSC’s E975m Manzini Region Water Supply and Sanitation Project, has been arrested. The incident purportedly happened on Wednesday December 4, 2024, at Mphandze, along Manzini/Mafutseni Service Road, where Eswatini Water Services Corporation (EWSC) is implementing part of the E975m Water Project.
Matter
According to a source close to the matter, a personnel of the contractor that is contracted to EWSC, who approached the police regarding the matter, claimed that the former judge damaged water pipes 9XPVC Class 16 (315mm), valued at E31 942.75. He said the personnel added that the water pipes belong to EWSC. It is alleged that while the contractor was working - digging a channel and putting the water pipes, the former judge, who is also a businessman approached them and allegedly told them to take their equipment from his property and leave. Thereafter, the source alleged that the former judicial officer damaged the water pipes with a sharp object and it was then that the personnel of the contractor went to Mafutseni Police Station to open a case. The source said the former judge was arrested on Sunday and after being charged, he was warned to avail himself tomorrow, in order to be arraigned before a court of law.
Connection
Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Senior Superintendent Phindile Vilakati, confirmed that an arrest has been made in connection with the case of malicious damage to property. It is worth noting that the EWSC’s Water Supply and Sanitation Project will provide potable water to five constituencies; Mtfongwaneni, Mafutseni, Manzini South, Nhlambeni and Manzini North. The was launched by government, through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy in 2020, and it is financed through a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the Government of Eswatini, coupled with counterpart funding from the administration of the country. The project is projected to benefit over 90 000 emaSwati from the five constituencies which are found in peri-urban and rural areas. Once the project is complete, the national water coverage will increase by three per cent to 84 per cent.
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