Day: May 10, 2023

#JUSTIN# “It’s a lie!”- Gvt distances self from controversial pro-graft law

Healthtimes

New developments reveal that President Emerson Mnangagwa is not aware and did not sign the bizzare procurement and disposal act. By Staff Reporter In a statement, Chief Secretary of the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda said the circulating document was a hoax. His Excellency the President, Dr ED Mnangagwa, has been made aware of some document gazetted as General Notice 635 of 2023, purporting to place the procurement of certain goods outside public scrutiny, on grounds of “national interest”. “Upon further investigations, it has- come to light that the…

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Outrageous: Zimbabwe Government approves bizarre law that sanctions healthcare corruption

NewsRoom

Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerso Mnangagwa has signed into law, the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act (Chapter 22:23), which shields the ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), from  public scrutiny regarding its disposal and procurement of both movable and fixed assets. By Staff Reporter The new law comes a few years after a healthcare scandal that rocked the health sector in which former health and child minister and his accomplices allegedly swindled government in millions of dollars in a botched COVID-19 equipment procurement scam. According to Section 26…

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