Chinamasa, Biti fight over poll funds

FINANCE minister Tendai Biti and his Justice counterpart Patrick Chinamasa are at loggerheads over the raising of funds to bankroll the ongoing voter registration exercise and elections later this year, amid concerns that the tiff might worsen relations in the inclusive government and further delay the polls.

Report by Wonai Masvingise

Chinamasa at the weekend claimed that he had raised
$25 million locally to finance the mandatory 30-day voter registration exercise following the signing into law of the new constitution by President Robert Mugabe last Wednesday.

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