Government responds to allegations that Command Agriculture inputs are being distributed Zanu PF members only

In response to accusations that inputs under the Command Agriculture scheme were being distributed along party lines in the provinces, where known opposition party supporters were sidelined, Minister of State in Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, Clifford Sibanda, said that the scheme is a national programme that is being implemented in a non-partisan manner.

Sibanda also said that the complaints were coming from those that registered for the programme late. Sibanda said:

The complaints are coming from those that came at the last minute for the purpose to say they were denied. This is a national programme that is non-partisan and we should stop the dependency on importing food from our neighbours when we have lots of land.

However Sibanda said  that he could not rule out the abuse of the facility, but to date, his office had not received a formal complaint.

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