MPs blast Executive for not acting on reports

THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines chairperson Edmond Mkaratigwa (Shurugwi South, Zanu PF) has blasted the Executive for failing to respond to recommendations made by Parliament in its committee reports, which have mostly exposed corruption in different sectors including mining.

Addressing delegates recently at a Transparency International Zimbabwe anti-corruption indaba in Harare, Mkaratigwa said three reports that exposed corruption in the mining sector were produced by the Mines committee under three former chairpersons, the late Edward Chindori Chininga, Daniel Shumba, and Temba Mliswa in the past decade, but were not acted on by the Executive.

“These reports identified challenges dogging the diamond sector and proffered solutions; however, the biggest challenge is that the Executive has not responded to any of the recommendations that were proffered in the past decade,” he said.

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