The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development has revealed that the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) fired 62 workers for corruption since 2013. In a report the portfolio committee said,
The Committee was informed that during the last five years, from 2013 to 2017 and partially in 2018, 62 officers were caught on the wrong side of the law. The said officers were caught issuing certificates of competence to non-deserving applicants, caught issuing learner licences to failed applicants and issuing certificates of fitness to non-roadworthy vehicles.
…The Chief Vehicle Inspector pointed out that the issue of corruption is complicated, but VID tried to put in place systems to minimise corruption.
Earlier on this year, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development Joram Gumbo warned VID Depot Managers that he was going to retire them unless they fired corrupt officers as part of the 100 days action programme. Said Gumbo then,
We have also heard of VID Driving Examiners who corruptly issue certificates of competency and even provisional driver’s licences. May I remind them that I am not going to tolerate such indecorous behaviour from public officials who betray the trust bestowed upon them as government employees. I would like to appeal to the Director Vehicle Inspection Department and all Depot Managers to inform their staff that in this new dispensation, we will not accept any form of corruption.
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I don’t think this is still valid. Is it a good justification to say vanhu vanoba nekuti mari ishoma?. Let’s change our mentality. With this type of thinking and doing Zimbabwe will never get anywhere. Corruption is still rampant that side despite efforts to curb it. My proposal if this department can have cctv to track cars on test or the assessors the better. Coz those who try to be faithful to their God and the nation are the once who suffer most. Vanoisa mafake results PA assessment form nokuti hauna kuvapa musumo.
Did VID chiredzi open