Govt owes embassy staff $10 million

Finance and Economic Development secretary Willard Manungo was yesterday grilled by parliamentarians for underfunding Zimbabwe's diplomatic missions most of which are reportedly in a deplorable state.

This was after Manungo told members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs that as at end of May, foreign embassy staff was owed $10 million in salary arrears.

Manungo said they were two months behind in salary payments of foreign embassies at Zimbabwe's 43 diplomatic missions.