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'Ministers sabotage Mugabe'
06 Jul 2017 at 06:40hrs | Views
Zanu PF Mutoko South legislator, David Chapfika, has blamed ministers for the country's never-ending economic crisis, claiming the cabinet was sabotaging and defying President Robert Mugabe on policy implementation, NewZimbabwe.com reported.
Addressing policy dialogue in the capital last week, the former deputy finance minister said volumes of good economic policies were gathering dust in President Mugabe's office as minister continue to defy the aged leader. Mugabe turned 93 this year.
"The President's office has piles and piles of good economic blue prints and I can tell you this authoritatively because I have been in the ministry of finance," he said.
"Other countries like Botswana are taking and implementing (these policies) and creating wonders out of them.
"We are not starved of manpower and or knowledge. We have the highest number of literacy rate; our major challenge is that of implementation."
Chapfika also cited the cabinet discord implementation of the government's indigenisation programme which saw public rows between finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and empowerment counterpart Patrick Zhuwao.
He said such rows adversely impacted the country's ability to attract investment.
"Our major challenge is the issue of policy inconsistence," he said.
"For instance, we have the indigenisation policy and ministers have been speaking in riddles or, if in church we say in tongues, with each one speaking to him or herself on the same legislation until the President said cease fire, and he went on to try and unpack it and it is now clear
"… but following that unpacking by the President the law is yet to be implemented because it has to be sponsored by the responsible minister who the President appointed, but it's yet to be taken back to parliament."
Addressing policy dialogue in the capital last week, the former deputy finance minister said volumes of good economic policies were gathering dust in President Mugabe's office as minister continue to defy the aged leader. Mugabe turned 93 this year.
"The President's office has piles and piles of good economic blue prints and I can tell you this authoritatively because I have been in the ministry of finance," he said.
"Other countries like Botswana are taking and implementing (these policies) and creating wonders out of them.
"We are not starved of manpower and or knowledge. We have the highest number of literacy rate; our major challenge is that of implementation."
He said such rows adversely impacted the country's ability to attract investment.
"Our major challenge is the issue of policy inconsistence," he said.
"For instance, we have the indigenisation policy and ministers have been speaking in riddles or, if in church we say in tongues, with each one speaking to him or herself on the same legislation until the President said cease fire, and he went on to try and unpack it and it is now clear
"… but following that unpacking by the President the law is yet to be implemented because it has to be sponsored by the responsible minister who the President appointed, but it's yet to be taken back to parliament."
Source - newzimbabwe
