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Zimbabwe army gets delivery of new vehicles
17 Oct 2015 at 17:30hrs | Views
Government last week received the second batch of vehicles - including all-terrain troop-carrying trucks, water cannons, buses and equipment, mostly used by the military and police - bought from an Indian automobile manufacturing company, Ashok Leyland, under a $50-million loan facility from the Export-Import Bank of India.
The Independent reported that it is reliably informed that the military vehicles were dispatched to various units on Thursday and Friday.
The remainder of the vehicles were officially handed over to the Ministry of Tourism on Monday morning by Indian ambassador to Harare, Surinder Kumar Datta.
The vehicles were bought through the tourism ministry amid revelations that government was anxious to cover-up its purchase of the security vehicles.
Some vehicles were, however, allocated to the Zimbabwe National Army while others were allocated to the Air Force of Zimbabwe. They were not part of the vehicles handed over on Monday.
The vehicles include 90 which will be allocated to lieutenant-colonels.
Vehicles handed over to government included buses, dump trucks, fire trucks, refrigerated trucks and passenger vehicles. Most of the buses were allocated to the Public Service Commission.
The Independent reported that it is reliably informed that the military vehicles were dispatched to various units on Thursday and Friday.
The remainder of the vehicles were officially handed over to the Ministry of Tourism on Monday morning by Indian ambassador to Harare, Surinder Kumar Datta.
The vehicles were bought through the tourism ministry amid revelations that government was anxious to cover-up its purchase of the security vehicles.
Some vehicles were, however, allocated to the Zimbabwe National Army while others were allocated to the Air Force of Zimbabwe. They were not part of the vehicles handed over on Monday.
The vehicles include 90 which will be allocated to lieutenant-colonels.
Vehicles handed over to government included buses, dump trucks, fire trucks, refrigerated trucks and passenger vehicles. Most of the buses were allocated to the Public Service Commission.
Source - theindependent
