Chiwenga pushes for beer, cigarettes tax

VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health minister, has proposed a sin tax for the 2022 national budget, which will raise the prices of cigarettes and alcohol, to help finance the health sector.

Chiwenga proposed that beer drinkers and cigarette smokers be taxed more in order to enable the country to improve its dilapidated health system.

Presenting a position paper on the 2022 national budget at a pre-budget seminar held in Victoria Falls, Chiwenga also proposed to divert some Zinara funds to the Health ministry to avoid overtaxing the already overstretched citizens.

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