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Cuthbert Dube could pay all MPs from his pocket - Eddie Cross
10 Feb 2016 at 10:52hrs | Views
BULAWAYO South MP Eddie Cross (MDC-T) has said salary drawn by Cuthbert Dube in his last year at the troubled Premier Medical Aid Society was more than enough to pay salaries of every single Member of Parliament.
Cross told Parliement on Tuesday that Dube got travel allowance for his private trip to Nigeria to see the Prophet T.B. Joshua.
He said payments were also made for relatives, including his son-in-law and his daughter to go on holiday.
Below is part of his submission to parliament :
The total sum of money which we are looking at which was misappropriated during the last five years was $120 million.
That is equivalent to five years of the budget of Parliament.
The salary drawn by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Dube in his last year of service before he was dismissed from the position would have paid the salaries of every single Member of Parliament of this House.
Every single Member of Parliament could have been paid just from the salary of one individual.
In fact, six executives over a period of five years drew a total of salaries and allowances worth $64 million.
The official salaries over the same period of time were $2, 9 million, which means they drew unlawfully $61 million from the resources of the society equivalent to 95% of the amount which was paid to them as individuals.
Allowances worth $24 million over five years were paid to 16 staff including a secretary and driver to Mr. Dube. These allowances covered the following elements; educational, board, special, housing, DStv, fuel, groceries and acting allowances, and quarterly benefits.
Only 17% of these allowances were taxed. The balance was not taxed and society incurred another $9, 5 million in taxes on these allowances. That means over a five year period, those 16 individuals benefitted to the extent of $34 million.
Madam Speaker, the budget for this House this year is $20 million and here are allowances for these ridiculous issues being paid to these individuals.
In addition, the holiday allowances paid to Mr. Dube and his family totaled $6 000 per day or $539 000 in three years.
In addition, he drew cash loans worth $350 000. He drew travel and subsistence allowances worth $3, 2 million.
None of these payments passed through the payroll. In other words, they were not taxed.
Cross told Parliement on Tuesday that Dube got travel allowance for his private trip to Nigeria to see the Prophet T.B. Joshua.
He said payments were also made for relatives, including his son-in-law and his daughter to go on holiday.
Below is part of his submission to parliament :
The total sum of money which we are looking at which was misappropriated during the last five years was $120 million.
That is equivalent to five years of the budget of Parliament.
The salary drawn by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Dube in his last year of service before he was dismissed from the position would have paid the salaries of every single Member of Parliament of this House.
Every single Member of Parliament could have been paid just from the salary of one individual.
The official salaries over the same period of time were $2, 9 million, which means they drew unlawfully $61 million from the resources of the society equivalent to 95% of the amount which was paid to them as individuals.
Allowances worth $24 million over five years were paid to 16 staff including a secretary and driver to Mr. Dube. These allowances covered the following elements; educational, board, special, housing, DStv, fuel, groceries and acting allowances, and quarterly benefits.
Only 17% of these allowances were taxed. The balance was not taxed and society incurred another $9, 5 million in taxes on these allowances. That means over a five year period, those 16 individuals benefitted to the extent of $34 million.
Madam Speaker, the budget for this House this year is $20 million and here are allowances for these ridiculous issues being paid to these individuals.
In addition, the holiday allowances paid to Mr. Dube and his family totaled $6 000 per day or $539 000 in three years.
In addition, he drew cash loans worth $350 000. He drew travel and subsistence allowances worth $3, 2 million.
None of these payments passed through the payroll. In other words, they were not taxed.
Source - Byo24News
