The Government says it has shelved the buying of new cars for all ministers and the money will be used to purchase ambulances instead. ...
The Government says it has shelved the buying of new cars for all ministers and the money will be used to purchase ambulances instead.
Government has 21 Cabinet Ministers, 14 Deputy Ministers
and nine Ministers of State. Cabinet Ministers were usually given an executive
car and two off-road vehicles as part of their condition of service.
Deputy Ministers were, however, entitled to an executive
car and one off-roader. “By the way, our strategy for showing how we are using
resources also shows in the way we are making savings. I have said to all the ministers, my colleagues and all
the Members of Parliament, that we shouldn’t have these fancy cars.
“We have not authorised the purchase of a car for a
minister in Zimbabwe. None! I have said to them, you know I need the money to buy
ambulances, I need ambulances and that is what I am going to buy with the
savings from the cars for the ministers; that is what I am going to do,” said Finance Minister, Prof Ncube at a townhall meeting
“So we are very serious about this austerity, about walking
the talk, about meeting the people of Zimbabwe halfway, about using their 2
percent taxes properly.
“The 2 percent tax is not about paying to Caesar what
belongs to Caesar, it’s about us giving back to the people what they
contributed in the first place and covering the areas where we think we can
create the right type of goods for everyone to benefit from,” he said.
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