Corrupt RG officials suspended

Suspensions have hit four officers from the Registrar-General's office in Kwekwe District, pending disciplinary action over acts of alleged misconduct.

Midlands Provincial Registrar, Agnes Gambura, briefing members of the Defence and Home Affairs parliamentary portfolio committee during an outreach meeting at Kwekwe RG's office on Tuesday, Gambura said two of the suspended officials demanded a $20 bribe from a member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), who was applying for an identity card to replace one that had been lost.

Gambura did not state the charges that the other two suspended officers were facing.

Turning to the operations of the RG's office in the province, she said inadequate vehicles and staff were hampering service delivery.

Gambura said they were also faced with a shortage of accommodation for members of staff in some areas.

Committee chairperson, Ronald Muderedzwa, who is also Zanu-PF's Buhera Central MP said they would take up the RG's Office concerns to the National Assembly for consideration. The team also toured other RG's office substations in Silobela.