Parliament has been told that Zimbabwean diplomats in
foreign missions are living in squalid conditions that have forced some of them
to desert their houses as they are now health hazards.
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs
has recommended that treasury allocates resources towards the purchase and
construction of properties for use by Zimbabwean foreign missions across the
globe.
The committee made the recommendation after noting that
Zimbabwe does not own any properties in at least 20 countries in which it has foreign
missions, a situation that has resulted in treasury running an unsustainable
bill accruing from rentals and other services offered to the missions.
Also in parliament today, the Portfolio Committee on Lands,
Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement said the money allocated for
the importation of maize to boost the strategic grain reserve must be channeled
towards other capital projects because the country has enough stocks to feed
the nation in 2019.
Meanwhile, the National AIDS Council (NAC) has invited
parliamentarians to public HIV testing and cancer screening, among other
diseases, tomorrow as part of efforts to raise awareness and demystify the
stigma associated with HIV and AIDS.
The First Lady, Cde Auxillia Mnangagwa will lead the
proceedings to be held in the Africa Unity Square. zbc
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