‘Allocate more funds to independent commissions’

BY NQOBANI NDLOVU
THE Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Portfolio Committee has called for increased budgetary allocations to independent commissions to enable them to fulfil their mandate in aiding democracy.

The Constitution provides for independent commissions such as the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and the Zimbabwe Gender Commission.

Underfunding has, however, crippled their operations, notably Zacc, which has to deal with widespread graft in the country committed by the elite while the general citizenry swims in poverty.

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