Category: zimbabwe

Source: AMHVoices: Zanu PF must shape up | Newsday (News)

ZANU PF has dismally failed to exorcise the demon of corruption among in its rank and file, resulting in Zimbabwe being ranked among the most corrupt countries on the continent.

The faction-ridden cult led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has a long and standing culture of shamelessly protecting those in its midst who are ruthlessly corrupt and have an unrelenting propensity to loot national resources.

At their caucus meeting in Parliament on Wednesday, Zanu PF MPs resolved not to allow the MDC to chair virtually all parliamentary committee meetings.

MDC believes that the move was meant to protect business mogul, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who was supposed to testify before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday.

Last year, Tagwirei snubbed PAC, where he was supposed to submit oral evidence on the contracts his company got from the government under the Command Agriculture and Presidential input schemes.

Clearly, this represents abuse of power which is bolstered by the two-thirds majority vote Zanu PF has in Parliament.

This shows just how the ruling, or more appropriately the ruining party, with its two-thirds majority, is prepared to go all out to protect rotten apples in its midst.
Besides the Zanu PF government’s monumental leadership and policy fissures, among other issues, the party has also aided in derailing any prospects of success Zimbabwe may have had, turning the country into a poverty-stricken pariah State.

As the MDC youth assembly, we challenge Zanu PF and its leader, Mnangagwa, to investigate, prosecute and sanction all reported cases of corruption, without fear or favour.

Ian Sean Hamandishe,MDC national youth deputy secretary for constitutional & parliamentary affairs

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Source: Zimrights urges transparency in Cyclone Idai aid distribution | Newsday (News)

Following reports that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has released US$24 million towards the rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (Zimrights), has urged government to set up an independent Local Monitoring Mechanism to ensure the funds are channeled towards the intended beneficiaries.

By Primrose Haisa

In a statement, the Zimrights Manicaland Chapter said the Local Monitoring Mechanism must ensure that funds meant for survivors are handled and managed in a manner that is transparent and accountable.

“As the local community that continue to work with survivors, we have initiated a process of ensuring that past habits of diverting aid for the benefit of the few will not be repeated.”
“ We have, in recent past, recorded cases of discrimination, inequality, limited access, and partisan distribution of aid since March 2019. It is unfortunate that some Cyclone Idai survivors in Chimanimani, Nyamatanda and Garikai areas are still living in worn-out tents against harsh weather conditions,”

A year after Cyclone Idai hit Manicaland, the majority of the survivors in the hardest hit districts of Chimanimani and Chipinge are still to have decent shelter as they continue to live in worn-out tents and other makeshift shelters that do not provide adequate protection from the harsh weather conditions.

There has been widespread reports of looting of food and other forms of aid.

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