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Chinotimba complain over meager budget allocation to war vets
18 Dec 2015 at 06:05hrs | Views
Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba of Zanu PF has complained that finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa allocated a meager funding to the war veterans despite their contributions to the liberation of the country.
"The point is that I want to talk about the war veterans and war collaborators in their various forms as detainees, those that were assisting and those that were directly in confrontation with the whites," he said.
"If you were to look at the funding that was given to this new Ministry, it is meager. An amendment to the laws needs to be done so that war collaborators need to be vetted. It requires funding and at least US$4 million is required for that exercise."
He said the War Veterans Ministry was given a small budget.
" If you see the manner they traversed the country, you should see that most of us do not be misled by the suit that I am wearing. A lot of us have difficulties and we are suffering. That is why the former leader of the war veterans, the late Chenjerai Hunzvi said that we do have disabilities and we should be compensated for that," he said.
"Some of these war veterans suffer from leg ailments, painful backs and we cannot no longer be able to reproduce properly because of the magazines and heavy artillery that we used to carry. We used to carry heavy loads and we are."
"The point is that I want to talk about the war veterans and war collaborators in their various forms as detainees, those that were assisting and those that were directly in confrontation with the whites," he said.
"If you were to look at the funding that was given to this new Ministry, it is meager. An amendment to the laws needs to be done so that war collaborators need to be vetted. It requires funding and at least US$4 million is required for that exercise."
" If you see the manner they traversed the country, you should see that most of us do not be misled by the suit that I am wearing. A lot of us have difficulties and we are suffering. That is why the former leader of the war veterans, the late Chenjerai Hunzvi said that we do have disabilities and we should be compensated for that," he said.
"Some of these war veterans suffer from leg ailments, painful backs and we cannot no longer be able to reproduce properly because of the magazines and heavy artillery that we used to carry. We used to carry heavy loads and we are."
Source - Byo24News
