CMED seeks funds for election capitalisation

THE Central Mechanical Engineering Department (CMED) plans to recapitalise so as to increase its vehicle fleet by 115 units in preparation for the 2018 elections.

CMED board chairperson, Sheunesu Mupepereki, yesterday told the Dexter Nduna-chaired Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport that the department would need borrow at least $8,3 million from banks.

Mupepereki said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission still owed CMED $768 000 from previous elections, while some government departments owed the parastatal over $24 million.

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