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Government Spends Unbudgeted US$16 Million On Chiefs' Cars

6 months agoMon, 16 Sep 2024 08:50:48 GMT
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Government Spends Unbudgeted US$16 Million On Chiefs' Cars

Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion Minister Mthuli Ncube disclosed that the government spent millions of unbudgeted dollars on twin-cab vehicles for traditional chiefs earlier this year.

Ncube revealed this in Parliament on Wednesday, following a request from Clemence Chiduwa, chairperson of the Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Portfolio Committee, for a detailed explanation of unauthorised expenditures by various ministries.

In defence of the unbudgeted expenditure, Ncube said that these vehicles are essential tools for chiefs to effectively attend to their constituents. He said (via NewsDay):

It must say it should be noted that the Council of Chiefs incurred excess expenditures on its vote due, in part, to the unbudgeted procurement of 237 vehicles for chiefs as well as review of allowances and other related national events.

However, the vehicles were the bulk of this expenditure. These are tools of trade.

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A brand new 4×4 Isuzu twin-cab vehicle retails for approximately US$70,000 in the local market, bringing the total expenditure for all the vehicles to over US$17 million.

Chiefs and other traditional leaders play a significant role in ZANU PF’s election campaigns, often engaging in the coercion of villagers and manipulation of food aid distribution.

In the lead-up to the August 2023 elections, traditional leaders allegedly collaborated with the ZANU PF-affiliated Forever Associates Zimbabwe to intimidate villagers and advance the ruling party’s agenda.

More: Pindula News

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13 Comments

jjjj · 6 months ago
enjoy the cars, u deserve it 🔥
Ediots · 6 months ago
Ediots! whatelse can i say
Patz · 6 months ago
Misplaced priorities. It was better of to give those vehicles to the ZRP. Chief anoita basa rei kunze kweku breaker constitution. Vanotongwa vanoenda kumba kwake saka mota anoidii zvekutospender unbudgetted tax payers money
Tman · 6 months ago
police chete even kumabarracks kwemasoja Havana infrastructure yakwakwana
Patz · 6 months ago
@Tman We are not even about infrastructure coz even ZRP haina we are talking of operational resourses like enough vehicles to carryout t****ugh investigations, patrol vehicles in the highway and remote areas, fuel, stationary for dockets, allowances etc. Do you know that members are footing 95% of the expenses associated with work performance which is supposed to be a duty of the gvt. Vehicles for chiefs is mere policking to grip rural folks coz vehicles are not a neccesity to chiefs coz they just use those vehicles to go to beerhalls. Their allowances are delivered to their homes by gvt workers. They perform their duties at home. Vanotongwa ndowanoenda kwaMambo
Patz · 6 months ago
It doesnt need a rocket scientist to establish why Zimbabwe is one of the most poorly governed country in SADC region, in Africa and in the World
Black Mbazo · 6 months ago
ko machief achoo anoramba achi tengerwa motor every team sei
ȼøɍɍᵾᵽŧɨȼɨȺn · 6 months ago
its bcoz of sanctions that's why we are doing lots of unbudgeted activities, its a sanction busting move
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-_- · 6 months ago
They can now fully do their duties with the new cars.
Antman · 6 months ago
What Duties?
-_- · 6 months ago
Chiefly duties.
g · 6 months ago
haiiwawo, misplaced priorities. one day hokoyo nevanhu

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