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CITY OF MUTARE
MAYOR’S PARLOUR
Civic Centre
P.O. Box 910, Mutare, Zimbabwe
Phone: (020) 64412 Fax: (020) 62656
Email: grange1992@hotmail.com
April 15, 2010
The democratically elected Council of Mutare, representing the residents and stakeholders of the City, is committed to conducting all Council business in a transparent and accountable manner with full public disclosure. In order to maximize development potential, attract donor assistance and partnerships and combat corruption, the Council is seeking to raise funds for an in-depth professional audit of Municipal activities. Council is appealing to stakeholders and other interested parties to assist with financial contributions in order that the activities of Council can be widely scrutinized. Appropriate measures will be taken to correct the lack of accountability that still prevails and which is of concern to Council and residents alike. This objective should be achieved without depriving the City of public funds required for service delivery.
The extent and ultimate success of the audit will depend on the funds raised. As the Mayor of the City, I am appealing to all stakeholders to contribute no matter how small the amount. Every contribution counts. The audit findings will be made public and the full sum raised accounted for in press advertisements and public meetings. A separate bank account has been opened by Kingdom Bank Mutare Branch; City of Mutare Donor Funds Account number 32108563.
Council has resolved to source quotes from at least three professional accounting firms to achieve this end.
The priorities are; a donor funds audit with report to contributing donors, a forensic financial audit of a specific area of concern to Council, an audit of land sales and procedures and a human resources audit. If we can raise US$ 200 000 from this appeal the City will establish a strong platform of reform which will enable Council to serve Residents and Partners with renewed integrity.
Councillor Brian James
Mayor
City of Mutare
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BOX 2783
MUTARE
ZIMBABWE
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Phone 263-20-64412 BUSINESS 263-20-62282 HOME,
CELL 263 912 249187
E-mail,: dgnyatoti@yahoo.co.uk
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NYATOTI DONALDSON G.
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Personal Information
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§ Marital status: Married with three children
§ Nationality: Zimbabwean
§ Date of Birth : 22/06/1957
§ Place of Birth: Mutare, Zimbabwe
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Education
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1982 University of Sheffield United Kingdom
B. Eng (Civil and Structural Engineering)
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Professional memberships
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Fellow, Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers (F.Zwe.I.E).
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE).
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Key Competencies
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Project coordination: Coordinated City of Mutare World bank funded
Infrastructure Projects from 1985 to 2000.
Contract documentation and management: Drawing up of contract
documents for onsite and offsite infrastructure projects, procurement of
services, using FIDIC, World Bank and Local Conditions of Contract.
Management of Contracts.
Project Planning, Appraisal and Management
Project supervision: Resident engineer
Bid Evaluations: Bids for the procurement of services, goods and works
using World Bank formats.
Design of housing onsite and offsite infrastructure services.
Reinforced concrete design.
Structural Steel design.
Training of Trainers
Computer literate: Microsoft Office software including MS Project.
COMFAR III Software: UNIDO software for financial and economic
analysis of investments.
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Professional Experience
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November 2003 - to Date , City Engineer, Mutare City Council
Duties:
- Head of the works department of Mutare City Council.
- Day-to-day management of the Water, Sewerage, Roads, Town Planning, Land Survey, Architectural, Electrical, Mechanical, Fire Brigade services.
- Planning, designing and supervision of Council’s Engineering, Town Planning, Land Survey and Architectural undertakings.
- Preparing and controlling the Department’s budget.
- Preparing expert reports for submission to Management and Council Committees.
- Human resources management and development.
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Projects Undertaken
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From September 2004 to date Project Manager/Engineer on the Christmas Pass to Sakubva pipeline project. The project entails the construction of a 5.5 km, 450mm diameter AC/Steel water pipeline. Design and construction done in-house.
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From July 2005 to date: Project Manager/Engineer on the Hobhouse III housing project. The project involves the servicing of approximately 1200 high-density stands with water and sewage reticulation and roads and stormwater drainage. Design and construction done in-house.
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February 1991- October 2003, Deputy City Engineer, Mutare City Council
Duties:
§ Deputising the City Engineer in the running the City engineer’s department, which is responsible for the provision and maintenance of services, namely water production and distribution, sewage disposal and treatment, roads and stormwater drainage, public lighting, survey and urban planning.
§ From July 1996 to December 1999 acted as City Engineer whilst the incumbent was acting as Town Clerk.
§ As Acting City Engineer represented the city at various workshops on the Development of a Water Resources Management Strategy for Zimbabwe. Compiled bid documents and managed the contracts for the servicing of the USAID funded housing schemes totalling 2500 low income stands in the Hobhouse area.
§ Project Coordinator for the World Bank and Zimbabwe government funded Urban Development Project II.
Projects Undertaken
§ Represented the City in the project management meetings for the Pungwe water project. The meetings were constituted by the city’s consultants, the city’s representative, the contractor’s and subcontractor’ representatives. The US$ 20 million project for the city involved the construction of a 4.5km, 9m2 tunnel through a mountain range and a 77km pipeline of average diameter 800mm to draw water from the Pungwe river to the treatment works (45km) and from there to the city (22km). The project commenced in 1997 and took two years to complete.
§ Overall supervision of the design and construction of a 10,000m3 circular reinforced concrete water reservoir and a 2km, 300mm diameter water pipeline to serve Fern Valley suburb. The project commenced in February 1998 and was completed April 2000 at a cost of approximately US$450 000.
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January 1988–January 1991, Chief Civil Engineer, Mutare City Council
Duties:
§ Responsible for the operations of the various engineering services sections namely water treatment and distribution, sewerage and sewage treatment, and roads. Supervised and checked designs by the respective section engineers.
§ Responsible for the compilation of bid documents for various projects namely low cost houses, clinics, schools and infrastructure services (water, sewerage, roads) and for procurement of goods and services.
§ Project Coordinator for the World Bank and Zimbabwe government funded Urban Development Project I.
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November 1982 – December 1987, Water Engineer, Mutare City Council
Duties:
§ Directly responsible for water operations namely purification and distribution, design and supervision of related projects.
§ April 1984, I was seconded to Stewart Scott NCL the city’s consultants then, to do design work and site supervision.
§ December 1985, appointed Project Coordinator for City of Mutare for the World Bank funded Urban Development Project I. The project involved the provision of onsite and offsite services for low-income housing development, construction of community facilities and procurement of plant and equipment for use by the Local Authority. The project cost was approximately US$4 million.
Projects Undertaken
§ February 1986, appointed Resident Engineer for the US$600 000 offsite infrastructure project which entailed construction of a 8 000m3 circular reinforced concrete portable water reservoir and a 4km trunk water main of diameter varying from 350mm nb to 450mm nb.
§ April 1987, appointed Resident engineer for the US$400 000 extensions to City of Mutare water treatment works. The project entailed the construction of additional clarifiers and filters to increase treatment capacity by 13 200m3 per day.
§ All the above duties were additional to my duties as Water Engineer.
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Continuing Professional Development
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Courses Attended
22 April 1987: Harare: Concrete for Pumping
20-22 February 1989: University of Zimbabwe: The Finite Element – Its Use
in analysis and Design.
8-9 March 1990: University of Zimbabwe/ZIE: Pavement Design
27 February-3 March 1989: University of Zimbabwe: Engineering
Applications of Advanced Lotus.
March 1993: Holland: Municipal Management Training Programme.
January-March 1994: Rogaland University Centre Norway: Urban
Development Project Management.
18-29 June 1995: Nyanga: Training of Trainers Course
7-8 May 1996: Training Course in Project Planning, Appraisal and
Management: Zimbabwe Institute of Public administration and
Management.
13-15 November 1996: ZIPAM: Designing and Managing The Bidding
Process. World Bank Funded Urban II Programme.
30 June -5 July 2000: Zimbabwe Investment Centre: UNIDO Computer Model for Financial Analysis and Economic evaluation of Investments (COMFAR III Expert)
30 June- 5 July 2003: Zimbabwe Investment Centre: Refresher Workshop on COMFAR III Expert.
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Seminars/Workshops Attended
4-6 December 1990: Mazvikadei: Infrastructure and Land Survey
15-16 February 1996: Harare: New Engineering Contract. (NEC)
2-4 April 1996: Mutare: Strategic Planning and Management Workshop
11-13 June 1997: Nyanga: National Water Resources Development Policy
10-13 November 1999: Cape Town: Building Effective Municipal
Partnerships:
18-19 November 1999: Africa University: Governance, Financial Controls
and Performance Management.
15- 19 March 2003 Strategic Planning Workshop: Mutare and Nyanga.
3-4 December 2003: Beira: Development of the Pungwe River Basin Joint
Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy: Monograph Workshop.
4-6 April 2005: Maputo: Development of the Pungwe River Basin Joint
Integrated Water Resources Management Strategy: Development Phase
Workshop.
20-21 December 2005: Johannesburg: SADC Regional Water Demand
Management Conference.
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Technical Committees
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Represented City of Mutare (1991) on SAZ Technical Committee BC 38: Revision of SAZS 170: Structural Use of Concrete
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Z.I.E Activities
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Have served as a Committee member, Secretary and Chairman for Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers Manicaland Province.
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Achievements
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MAN OF THE YEAR- 2003 nominee. American Biographical Institute.
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Languages
References
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English, Shona.
Eng. L. Magara, Interconsult Zimbabwe, Box 4710, Harare Zimbabwe Telephone 263 4 700205, (cell) 263 11 603160
Engineer J. Njunga, Shumba Construction (Pvt) P.O. Box 1827, Mutare, Zimbabwe Telephone 263 20 65463, (cell) 263 11 605 216.
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Hobbies
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Gardening and listening to Afro Jazz music.
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Interests and activities
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Religion, Computers, reading, traveling, aerobics.
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