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MP Maridadi confront Chinamasa over corruption in Zanu PF ministers
24 Jun 2016 at 06:19hrs | Views
Tafara Mabvuku MP James Maridadi for MDC-T has confronted Finance and Economic development Minster Patrick Chinamsa asking him what was he doing concerning some ministers from his party who have been fingered in corrupt activities that has seen the country losing millions of dollars if not billions.
"Day in - day out, we have a Minister being talked about in relation to corruption - $4m, $5m at ZESA, you have not talked about it. What are you doing to address the issue of corruption, especially among your colleagues in Cabinet?" Maridadi asked Chinamsa during question session in parliament.
"The issue of corruption like I have explained on many occasions, you ask any lawyer, corruption is a very complex crime. It is not easy to investigate because the briber and the bribed have both benefited," Chinamasa said.
"So, neither of them will report themselves to the police. In order to fight it successfully, you need to put in place systems to prevent it from happening and to seek to close the door after the horse has bolted. Those are the measures we are taking in all the Government parastatals that fall under Government."
He said he will be bringing to the august House two important Bills, which he hope will receive the support of the august House.
"We are bringing Public and State Enterprises Corporate Governance Bill which will set out what our expectations are on corporate governance in parastatals. The other Bill is to deal with procurement. We are decentralising and setting up a regulatory board to oversee the procurement by entities that are procurement entities," the minister said.
"Now, you must look at corruption not as an event but a process and a multi-thronged process to address all the issues that are involved. A lot of you expect it to be just an event. The other challenge we face in fighting corruption is that most of the time, it is all rumours. No witness has come forward to become a witness."
"Day in - day out, we have a Minister being talked about in relation to corruption - $4m, $5m at ZESA, you have not talked about it. What are you doing to address the issue of corruption, especially among your colleagues in Cabinet?" Maridadi asked Chinamsa during question session in parliament.
"The issue of corruption like I have explained on many occasions, you ask any lawyer, corruption is a very complex crime. It is not easy to investigate because the briber and the bribed have both benefited," Chinamasa said.
He said he will be bringing to the august House two important Bills, which he hope will receive the support of the august House.
"We are bringing Public and State Enterprises Corporate Governance Bill which will set out what our expectations are on corporate governance in parastatals. The other Bill is to deal with procurement. We are decentralising and setting up a regulatory board to oversee the procurement by entities that are procurement entities," the minister said.
"Now, you must look at corruption not as an event but a process and a multi-thronged process to address all the issues that are involved. A lot of you expect it to be just an event. The other challenge we face in fighting corruption is that most of the time, it is all rumours. No witness has come forward to become a witness."
Source - Byo24News
