Wadyajena Parly committee bunks GMAZ hearing

THE Tafadzwa Musarara-chaired Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) yesterday turned up in Parliament to be grilled by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands and Agriculture on issues pertaining to procurement of wheat, only to find that the MPs were not present for them.

Last month, when they appeared before the committee, led by Gokwe Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena, GMAZ officials were ordered to bring documentary proof relating to the grain procurement, foreign currency allocations by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe from January to March 2019, proof of wheat acquittals, names and contacts of suppliers and transporters, donations that the millers did during that period and several other issues pertaining to wheat and grain importation.

Wadyajena ordered GMAZ to appear before the committee yesterday after charging that they were unprepared and had not produced the needed documents.

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