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Zanu PF MP claims to have buried many Zisco workers due to poverty and non payment of salaries
31 Oct 2015 at 11:19hrs | Views
KWEKWE Central MP Masango Matambanadzo has claimed to have participated in the burial of many Zisco workers indicating that many of those alive were seriously ill and un able to survive due to non payment of salaries by the company.
He made the remarks during parliament seating.
"What is Government policy regarding companies which stopped working because they have no money to operate? I am talking of parastatals such as ZISCO which is in Kwekwe.
This company has closed down, the employees were told to stay put because they have experience in the running of this company.
These workers are not receiving any salaries. Some of them are sick and others are dying," he said.
"As a Member of Parliament of that area, I have been involved in the burial of their relatives, even workers themselves. I am pleading with the Government to make it easy for these unpaid employees to access medication when they are sick. That can be done in form of a credit, when their company gets back to operation, they will repay the monies. I am asking that they be given easy access to Government hospitals so that they can be treated."
He made the remarks during parliament seating.
"What is Government policy regarding companies which stopped working because they have no money to operate? I am talking of parastatals such as ZISCO which is in Kwekwe.
This company has closed down, the employees were told to stay put because they have experience in the running of this company.
These workers are not receiving any salaries. Some of them are sick and others are dying," he said.
"As a Member of Parliament of that area, I have been involved in the burial of their relatives, even workers themselves. I am pleading with the Government to make it easy for these unpaid employees to access medication when they are sick. That can be done in form of a credit, when their company gets back to operation, they will repay the monies. I am asking that they be given easy access to Government hospitals so that they can be treated."
Source - Byo24News
