Hunger stalks army barracks

MORALE has reportedly hit rock-bottom in the army as the country’s soldiers wallow in poverty and are having to make do with inadequate rations and uniforms, NewsDay can report.

This was revealed by Defence and War Veterans Affairs minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri while making a presentation at the 2023 Parliament pre-budget seminar in Harare yesterday.

Muchinguri-Kashiri blamed the problems being faced by the army on poor budgetary allocations over the years, saying the allocations were failing to sustain soldiers’ welfare at the barracks.

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