Zanu PF MP accuses MDC councils of corruption

Zanu PF MP Isau Mupfumi has accused tyhe opposition MDC-T led council of corruption claiming the auditor's report states that the councillors took home close to $1 700 000.

"The President (Robert Mugabe) talked about corruption. If you look at corruption, where it is found, it is in the councils, it is prevalent there. In those councils that is where we find the members of the MDC, their aim is to remove the Government illegally. If we look at the report that was tabled in Mutare which is 100% MDC Councillors, the auditor's report said that the councillors took home close to US$1 700 000.00. Those corrupt activities are the ones which are being vindicated by the members from the opposition. Our President gave us the ten points which we should follow to go forward as a nation," he said.

 "Our country can only go forward if all the people know what they do. We come to Parliament for the betterment of our country but we find that there are people who do not say the correct things. We come from different constituencies and provinces. They are problems there, we do not have water, people are hungry, and those are the things that we must talk about in Parliament so that our country will go further."

Mupfumi said they see the people denigrating what the President has said and for things to go well, they expect that when a person comes to Parliament, must be mature to represent the people that voted for them.

"You must talk of things that make the economy grow. I think we should act as mature people for the betterment of our country. Coming to corruption, we have a road that comes from Plumtree to Mutare. That road has not been done properly. If we look at that road - a Commission must be set up. ZINARA constructed that road in collaboration with G5 but G5 took all the money and went away and now ZINARA was left with a debt. The people that did not do their work properly took the money. That is why I am saying a Commission must be put in place expediently," he said.

"The President also talked about irrigation. Our country has many dams. We should continue to do irrigation schemes that are funded by Government so that people grow food so that we have food in our country. We are aware that we have a shortage of transport in this country. The President also talked about our transport system, we should get rid of commuter omnibuses. If you go to other countries, you see that they have removed commuter omnibuses from urban areas, they are only conventional buses."

He said he think they should have transport that can ferry people to and from work.

"Looking at our civil servants, their transportation is not proper. For workers to come to work in time, they should have good and adequate transport, we must have enough transport to ferry our civil servants. With these few words," he said.