Instead of stabilizing the economy, billions were siphoned off under murky transactions and command projects awarded to Tagwirei-linked firms.
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Missing Billions: A Parliamentary Alarm
In February 2019, then Public Accounts Committee chairperson, opposition legislator Tendai Biti, raised the alarm during a televised session of Parliament, exposing what he described as the “disappearance of unprecedented amounts of public funds. ”
“On the 27th of December 2017, one month after the coup, USD2. 7 billion suddenly came direct from the Ministry of Finance; where it went is not known.
There is neither a voucher for it, nor a single bank statement to account for it,” Biti stated.
Just three months later, in March 2018, another USD3. 2 billion was siphoned from state coffers in what Biti described as a “financial black hole. ”
“There is no voucher, no invoice, neither is there any paper trail.
There is nothing you can put a finger to,” he said. 🔗 Read Full Article
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