No joy for fired MPs

Parliament is demanding up to $54 000 from about 30 MPs, who were fired by both the MDC-T and Zanu-PF, as the House seeks to recover the over $800 000 advanced to them under the vehicle loan scheme.

The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC-T fired 21 MPs, who defected to Tendai Biti's then Renewal Team, while Zanu-PF sacked a number of its legislators on allegations of working with former Vice-President Joice Mujuru in a bid to oust President Robert Mugabe.

But Parliament now wants the fired MPs to pay back the loans they were advanced to buy their top-of-the range vehicles.