Government has embarked on an audit of more than 700
Private Voluntary Organisations registered in the country, amid concerns that
most of them have deviated from their mandate and are meddling in opposition
politics.
In an interview yesterday, Public Service, Labour and
Social Welfare Deputy Minister Lovemore Matuke said Government noted with
concern that some PVOs were deviating from their mandate, while others were not
visible.
He said the audit exercise will be completed by October as
part of the ministry’s 100-day cycle.
Deputy Minister Matuke said Government will rationalise
operations of PVO, amid concern that some of them were concentrating their work
on areas known to be strongholds of opposition parties at the expense of
carrying humanitarian aid in an impartial
way.
“We are working well with some PVOs, but there are some
briefcase NGOs, those that do not stick to their mandate,” he said.
“They get registered on the basis of what they would spelt
out to the Government and once they are registered they do not stick to their
mandate.
“We have another category of PVOs that have since ceased to
be visible on the ground, we are also looking at all that in our 100-day cycle.
“Another category of PVOs is those that mobilise resources
and channel them through humanitarian aid only in constituencies controlled by
the opposition.
“We are saying there must be harmonisation of activities by
these PVOs because we have noted that in one province you might have several
NGOs providing aid, while in other province there would be no single NGO.”
Deputy Minister Matuke said by end of next month they would
compile a report. Herald
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