Tollgate fees hike unconstitutional: Chikwinya

THE steep hike in tollgate fees by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is unconstitutional and legislators must unanimously block the move, a top MDC official has said.

Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya and also the MDC secretary for transport and logistics, told this publication in an interview yesterday that it is ultra vires the Constitution for government to make free movement unaffordable.

In his recently tabled supplementary budget, Ncube hiked fees for tollgates.

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