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'Mugabe is a liar', ex-magistrate says
20 Dec 2016 at 03:34hrs | Views
A former Bulawayo magistrate Batanai Tuwe who recently quit over poor
pay has urged all civil servants to confront President Robert Mugabe over pathetic salaries.
Tuwe revealed that magistrates are earning just $650 per month. He said magistrates countrywide are fed up with Mugabe's lies of improving civil servants working conditions.
He was sworn in as a magistrate in 2014 and based at Tredgold Magistrate courts.
"Why not tell mdara (Mugabe) the truth. Why won't soldiers, who earn $400, tell the President that the money you are giving us is peanuts.
"All the magistrates are tired of your lies. God is not happy though because you killed my dream. I swore an oath to God when I was appointed. You made me corrupt" he expressed his frustration on his official twitter account.
He added "I cannot serve that which I no longer believe. I just want to feel human. That's all.
"Why should any magistrate send a person who earns $1 200 to jail when they can offer the magistrate $600 and still have more than the magistrate? A magistrate in Zimbabwe earns $650 dollars," he continued in his rant.
Tuwe is the third magistrate to resign in recent weeks in Bulawayo after Abednico Ndebele and Marylen Msthina.
Tuwe revealed that magistrates are earning just $650 per month. He said magistrates countrywide are fed up with Mugabe's lies of improving civil servants working conditions.
He was sworn in as a magistrate in 2014 and based at Tredgold Magistrate courts.
"Why not tell mdara (Mugabe) the truth. Why won't soldiers, who earn $400, tell the President that the money you are giving us is peanuts.
"All the magistrates are tired of your lies. God is not happy though because you killed my dream. I swore an oath to God when I was appointed. You made me corrupt" he expressed his frustration on his official twitter account.
He added "I cannot serve that which I no longer believe. I just want to feel human. That's all.
"Why should any magistrate send a person who earns $1 200 to jail when they can offer the magistrate $600 and still have more than the magistrate? A magistrate in Zimbabwe earns $650 dollars," he continued in his rant.
Tuwe is the third magistrate to resign in recent weeks in Bulawayo after Abednico Ndebele and Marylen Msthina.
Source - Byo24News
