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President Mugabe's 10-day Asia outing
31 May 2013 at 06:14hrs | Views
President Mugabe left on Tuesday for an 9-day visit to Japan and a 2-day stopover in Singapore with over 60 government officials.
He tool one of the biggest delegations this year to attend the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
Meanwhile, as Treasury clamps down on excessive VIP foreign travel costs, government ministers and senior civil servants are now required to first get approval from the Ministry of Finance before seeking cabinet authority to go abroad, Accountant-General and acting Finance ministry permanent secretary Judith Madzorera told the Finance and Budget Portfolio Committee on Monday adding that the new measures were introduced after most ministries and government departments overspent on foreign travel in the 2012 financial year.
He tool one of the biggest delegations this year to attend the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
Meanwhile, as Treasury clamps down on excessive VIP foreign travel costs, government ministers and senior civil servants are now required to first get approval from the Ministry of Finance before seeking cabinet authority to go abroad, Accountant-General and acting Finance ministry permanent secretary Judith Madzorera told the Finance and Budget Portfolio Committee on Monday adding that the new measures were introduced after most ministries and government departments overspent on foreign travel in the 2012 financial year.
Source - online
