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Govt release $6m for war vets kids school fees
10 Apr 2016 at 10:55hrs | Views
Government has doled out $6,4 million for school fees for war veterans' children.
The money will be accessed as from Monday.
This follows an undertaking President Mugabe made at his meeting with war veterans in Harare last Thursday where the former freedom fighters tabled their grievances.
Permanent Secretary for Welfare Services for War Veterans, War Collaborators, Ex-Political Detainees and Ex-Restrictees Brigadier-General (Retired) Walter Tapfumaneyi said a special purpose vehicle had also been set up to run bankable projects for the veterans.
"We received the funding from Treasury to pay school fees for the first term of 2016. We will now be making the payments for the arrears and expect Treasury to also give us bills for the second term.
"We also have arrears dating back to the third term of 2013, so we are hoping that these will also be paid off".
The money will be accessed as from Monday.
This follows an undertaking President Mugabe made at his meeting with war veterans in Harare last Thursday where the former freedom fighters tabled their grievances.
Permanent Secretary for Welfare Services for War Veterans, War Collaborators, Ex-Political Detainees and Ex-Restrictees Brigadier-General (Retired) Walter Tapfumaneyi said a special purpose vehicle had also been set up to run bankable projects for the veterans.
"We received the funding from Treasury to pay school fees for the first term of 2016. We will now be making the payments for the arrears and expect Treasury to also give us bills for the second term.
"We also have arrears dating back to the third term of 2013, so we are hoping that these will also be paid off".
Source - Sunday Mail
