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Mugabe lashes out at Tendai Biti
02 Dec 2011 at 07:05hrs | Views
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday lashed out at Finance Minister Tendai Biti for coming up with a national budget that is full of hope, but difficult to implement.
He made the remarks while addressing the Zanu-PF Central Committee meeting at the party's headquarters in Harare.
Mugabe said some say the budget has a better allocation for agriculture, but it is only figures, it is realisation that matters.
Mugabe said in his budget last year, Minister Biti failed to release funds to some ministries despite giving them such resources on paper.
President Mugabe said discord in the inclusive Government on policy issues made it imperative for the country to go for elections next year.
He gave an example of agriculture, saying the MDC formations were reluctant to fund the sector as evidenced by the failure by Minister Biti to release funds to the Grain Marketing Board to pay farmers for grain delivered.
He described yesterday's Central Committee meeting as critical as it prepared Zanu-PF for its 11th Annual National People's Conference set for Bulawayo next week.
He made the remarks while addressing the Zanu-PF Central Committee meeting at the party's headquarters in Harare.
Mugabe said some say the budget has a better allocation for agriculture, but it is only figures, it is realisation that matters.
President Mugabe said discord in the inclusive Government on policy issues made it imperative for the country to go for elections next year.
He gave an example of agriculture, saying the MDC formations were reluctant to fund the sector as evidenced by the failure by Minister Biti to release funds to the Grain Marketing Board to pay farmers for grain delivered.
He described yesterday's Central Committee meeting as critical as it prepared Zanu-PF for its 11th Annual National People's Conference set for Bulawayo next week.
Source - TH
