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We will end up having over a million war collaborators - War vets deputy minister
13 Feb 2016 at 08:10hrs | Views
The Deputy Minister of Welfare services of the War Veterans, War Collaborators, Former Political Detainees and Restrictees Tshinga Dube has said they have so far accounted for about 700 000 war collaborators and the hope was that the figure would increase to over a million as the accreditation continues.
Dube was responding to questions asked by a MP in parliament
"If I understood the Hon Member well, she is asking whether those who no longer have children in school can be compensated in retrospect. I do not think this is correct," Dube said.
"Once you have no children, it means you do not have children. It only applies to those who have children. All I can say is that I might as well explain to you that at present, we have only 34 thousand war veterans but collaborators, 'chimbwidos' and their children and the restrictees all add up to about 700 000.
Over and above, we have not yet vetted many others so it may mean we will end up having over a million of them, just for interest sake for you to understand."
Dube was responding to questions asked by a MP in parliament
"Once you have no children, it means you do not have children. It only applies to those who have children. All I can say is that I might as well explain to you that at present, we have only 34 thousand war veterans but collaborators, 'chimbwidos' and their children and the restrictees all add up to about 700 000.
Over and above, we have not yet vetted many others so it may mean we will end up having over a million of them, just for interest sake for you to understand."
Source - Byo24News
