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PSMAS Board Members Accuse Govt Of Witch-hunting

1 year agoFri, 08 Jul 2022 10:38:40 GMT
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PSMAS Board Members Accuse Govt Of Witch-hunting

Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) board members have accused Government of using unorthodox means to impose its will on the company.

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Minister of Health and Childcare, in May announced that the Regulator of Medical Aid Societies (RMAS) will conduct a forensic audit of PSMAS. He said:

RMAS has informed both government and PSMAS board that it has ordered a forensic audit of PSMAS in order to satisfy itself that the society is operating properly and in keeping with its mandate.

However, board members opposed to the forensic audit accused the government of having a nefarious agenda.

Speaking to NewsDay, Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (formerly Apex Council) secretary David Dzatsunga, who is one of the board members, said:

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It is part of the grand plan to impose their (government) proposals on the company.

The secretary of the Ministry of Health Jasper Chimedza is leading the audit, but he is also an interested party.

He has his own private practice that deals directly with the company. He is our service provider, so he cannot be partial.

Government removed three board members and replaced them with high-ranking officials who came with a mandate to take over PSMAS.

We have been resisting them and now they are on a witch-hunt.

Public Service Commissioner Tendai Choruma denied allegations that Government wanted to seize PSMAS. Said Choruma:

Some members of the PSMAS board appear to have become conflicted as they have launched puzzling activism that claims that government, which extends significant funding to its employees to support their access to healthcare through the PSMAS card, and which has injected $5.2 billion into PSMAS since January 2022, intends to ‘take over’ PSMAS.

There is an ongoing tug-of-war between two factions within the PSMAS board over the control of the medical aid company.

One faction comprises members seconded to the PSMAS board by the Government while the other faction consists of members of civil servants’ unions.

PSMAS was formed by civil servants but the bulk of its funds come from the government.

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