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Political interference dominant in parastatals--- Chinotimba says
15 Feb 2017 at 09:17hrs | Views
Zanu PF legislator Joseph Chinatomba has made a passionate plea to politicians to stop interfering in the running of parastatals.
Chinotimba said political interference is dominant in parastatals in the process leading to the collapse of the firms.
Below is his contribution to Parliament on Tuesday :
"Let me give you a second example of what I am talking about.
"In most companies of Government, they determine prices for their services - for ZUPCO to travel to Beitchnough they charge a certain amount.
" At Hwange, the price of coal is being set so, how do they make money for example if we say 1 tonne of coal must sell at US$10, how do they pay their workers?
"We have people in the transport business who go and import maize from Mozambique because of hunger in the country, but these people are not paid.
"As representatives of the workers, we are saying these people who import maize must be paid.
"When Railways have a breakdown and we ask for money they are told that they are not given anything and nobody benefits from such transactions - as a result the railways becomes bankrupt.
"I am glad we have a representative of Hwange and Dete and what I am saying is if Hwange fires a worker for misbehaving, there will be political interference.
"Politicians will go to the executives of that company to enquire on why they have fired that individual. I am pleading with this august House that we should not have political interference in the operations of these parastatals.
"Mashava and Zvishavane Asbestos Companies were working properly and were progressing. After the political interference, these companies went bankrupt, in other words we are shooting ourselves in the feet.
"I am pleading with the powers that be that we should not interfere in the operations of parastatals.
"We have politicians either from MDC-T or ZANU PF, these people really go and interfere into the operations of these parastatals.
"When authorities in an organisation have taken a decision to punish some errant workers, political interference will say the companies should exonerate such errant workers.
" I am glad the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Service is here."
Chinotimba said political interference is dominant in parastatals in the process leading to the collapse of the firms.
Below is his contribution to Parliament on Tuesday :
"Let me give you a second example of what I am talking about.
"In most companies of Government, they determine prices for their services - for ZUPCO to travel to Beitchnough they charge a certain amount.
" At Hwange, the price of coal is being set so, how do they make money for example if we say 1 tonne of coal must sell at US$10, how do they pay their workers?
"We have people in the transport business who go and import maize from Mozambique because of hunger in the country, but these people are not paid.
"As representatives of the workers, we are saying these people who import maize must be paid.
"I am glad we have a representative of Hwange and Dete and what I am saying is if Hwange fires a worker for misbehaving, there will be political interference.
"Politicians will go to the executives of that company to enquire on why they have fired that individual. I am pleading with this august House that we should not have political interference in the operations of these parastatals.
"Mashava and Zvishavane Asbestos Companies were working properly and were progressing. After the political interference, these companies went bankrupt, in other words we are shooting ourselves in the feet.
"I am pleading with the powers that be that we should not interfere in the operations of parastatals.
"We have politicians either from MDC-T or ZANU PF, these people really go and interfere into the operations of these parastatals.
"When authorities in an organisation have taken a decision to punish some errant workers, political interference will say the companies should exonerate such errant workers.
" I am glad the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Service is here."
Source - Byo24News
