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Senators stay in Harare hotel for a week- MP Sibanda
14 Feb 2016 at 06:23hrs | Views
The government must be forking out thousands of dollars in lodging fees in hotels for senators and house of assembly members who will be visiting the capital city Harare for sessions as it emerged in parliament that some senators spent a week living in hotels while expecting to start senate sessions.
This was exposed by Binga MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda in parliament when he said some Senators informed him that they have been in hotels since last week on Thursday up to Thursday 11 February.
"My question is that are Hon. Members of Parliament becoming prisoners of the State who are being kept in hotels for a week against their will, when they are supposed to be servicing their constituencies. They have stayed from Thursday last week up to date because they have not yet been given fuel for them to travel back to their constituencies," he said.
Speaker of the house Jacob Mudenda said he will investigate that matter administratively.
"I will advice next week giving you a full response." he said.
This was exposed by Binga MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda in parliament when he said some Senators informed him that they have been in hotels since last week on Thursday up to Thursday 11 February.
"My question is that are Hon. Members of Parliament becoming prisoners of the State who are being kept in hotels for a week against their will, when they are supposed to be servicing their constituencies. They have stayed from Thursday last week up to date because they have not yet been given fuel for them to travel back to their constituencies," he said.
Speaker of the house Jacob Mudenda said he will investigate that matter administratively.
"I will advice next week giving you a full response." he said.
Source - Byo24News
