Colonel awarded three vehicles in massive exit deal

An arbitrator has ruled that Muvuti is entitled to all this on top of three vehicles and his gross annual salary for five years as his golden handshake for leaving his job,

Muvutis contract was terminated in August 2007. He was then arrested for allegedly corruptly issuing GMB fuel to friends and relatives. However, Muvuti was cleared of the charges of criminal abuse of duty after a fully contested trial.

The retired army officer is still enjoying another exit package from his former employer, the Zimbabwe National Army, who gave him a government house in Belvedere and a flat in Mabelreign.

Arbitrator Arthur Manase recently ordered the GMB to give Muvuti a Toyota

Land Cruiser he was using at the time of his employment, a Mazda 4×4 Eagle and another vehicle with the same value as the Land Cruiser.

Claimant is entitled to terminal benefits stipulated in terms of the operative agreement between the parties and the law. The contract, which was being tacitly renewed and which was terminated at the end of January 2008, was the acting chief executives contract, ruled Manase.

The following benefits covering the five-year period were also payable in monetary value: a board house or housing allowance; full medical insurance for his children and spouse; a clothing allowance of four suits, four shirts, four neckties and two pairs of shoes; two business class return airfares each year for a holiday in a regional destination plus spending money for 15 days; entertainment allowance; security guard for 12 hours a day; a housemaid and a gardener; telephone allowance (covering 100 per cent of his mobile bill and 60 per cent of his landline; tuition fees and levies for his children, and full membership fees for a professional or recreational club of their choice for him and his spouse.

The GMB has filed an appeal at the Labour Court against the arbitrators decision.

Muvuti was appointed operations director for the GMB on August 1, 2002 and the contract was valid for five years. Six months later, Muvuti was appointed acting chief executive officer, on a contract that was expected to run until February 2008. But the acting chief executives contract ended prematurely after the organisation accused him of criminal abuse of duty.