THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER: Order, Hon Members, you do not tell me what to do. Hon. Chinotimba, that is a general comment; so there is no point of order.
*HON. MAPIKI: I think when it comes to the books of accounts; you will find that things were not going well at that time. What is troublesome is that during that time, the Ministry of Finance was being headed by Biti and receipts were not being given out. This was just a gimmick for them to steal while they pretended that the system did not work. How can $12 million be put into an account without any papers accompanying the transaction and a photocopier bought for $10,000 and no receipts are produced. What it simply means is that someone was stealing money and pretending to be incompetent.
The report from the Public Accounts Committee chaired by Hon. Mpariwa showed that there was not enough paperwork because people wanted to steal money. This should be seriously looked into because all the people employed in Government are very educated and professionals in their field of work. So it does not make sense to get a report saying there were no receipts for fuel bought for $7000 and this could only be seen on bank statements as money was transferred to the respective suppliers. This means people planned to steal while pretending to be incompetent. I thank you Mr. Speaker.
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