MP says Biti and Mangoma should be arrested for corruption

THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER: Wati kana Mugabe wacho ngaasungwe.

*HON. CHIBAYA:  I do not know Mr. Speaker if it is because you are sitting in that chair that you do not respect Hon Members. Did you say wati or mati?

THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER:  Hon. Member, withdraw your remarks.

*HON. CHIBAYA:  I understand but I do not want to be intimidated because I have never felt threatened.  I want to withdraw my remarks that even Mugabe should be arrested.

*HON. MAPIKI:   I think our greatest challenge in Zimbabwe is that we do not know the proper definition for corruption.  Even our laws cannot explain what corruption is.  We are not defining whether it is physical or mental corruption because in all instances, people end up not being prosecuted.  I think going back, we have seen that there are cases that we thought were corruption, for instance in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, during the time of Mangoma, a lot of things happened and we thought he would be arrested.  However, up to now he is free and we do not know what corruption is.

What I alluded to in the Ministry of Health and Child Care and Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in 2012 and 2013, you will find that a lot of money was transferred into missionary clinics accounts like St Alberts and Chikombedzi.  There was no paperwork to show where the money came from and its purpose.  All this started during the GNU era.  So, a lot of Ministers in the GNU should be prosecuted including Biti and Mangoma.

If we look at the issue of a photocopier machine which was bought for the Milan Expo, no one went to tender but just one person was chosen to supply the equipment which was a breach of the procurement process.

*HON. CHINOTIMBA: On a point of order Mr. Speaker, Hon Mliswa is repeating the same statement that you asked Hon. Chibaya to withdraw.  Hon. Mliswa said President Mugabe is protecting thieves.  We want to know the thieves being protected by the President and if he cannot tell us he should withdraw that statement.

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