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Securocrats Challenged To Account For "Proceeds" From DRC War

1 year agoMon, 31 Oct 2022 17:47:37 GMT
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Securocrats Challenged To Account For "Proceeds" From DRC War

Independent Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has challenged securocrats to account for “proceeds” from Zimbabwe’s participation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) war of the late 1990s.

Late Laurent Kabila, the then DRC president, sought the assistance of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) to fend off insurgency in return for mineral concessions in that country, NewZimbabwe.com reports.

The deal between Kabila and then President Robert Mugabe was shrouded in secrecy amid suspicion Zimbabwe’s founding leader and his inner circle, including army generals, amassed rich pickings.

Speaking during a recent pre-budget meeting of Parliament in Harare, Mliswa said:

Zimbabwe joined the DRC war and there was supposed to be something for us. I would want to know what has happened to that because when we go there, it is a service. I look at the police, the prison and the army as a service. They are there to generate money.

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We have a history in terms of resources being given to the Defence ministry. At times it is a question of mismanagement of resources. So while we are talking about resources, the critical issue is their management.

The former ZANU PF legislator also challenged Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to deal with rampant corruption in the army and airforce.

He said there was massive mismanagement of resources of the Defence and Home Affairs ministries.

Mliswa’s contribution came after Muchinguri-Kashiri’s report on the defence forces’ poor condition of service where soldiers were reportedly being served sadza and beans daily, and some staying in old dilapidated barracks countrywide.

Mliswa said ZDF wouldn’t be buying uniforms if resources were being managed well adding that there are sewing machines that can be used to make the uniforms.

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