The Zanu PF government has continued to prove its
insatiable hunger for cars with a reckless splashing of millions of dollars on
top of the range vehicles for Ministers.
Before the election they twice spent millions on cars for
traditional leaders in a self-preservation exercise. They went on to use state
funds to buy party cars in a move which exposes the state-party conflation.
Recently a million dollar vehicle was bought for Mnangagwa
who in his first days as President pretended to be a small car head of state.
While they are spending on cars, the budget deficit
continues to balloon exposing the rhetoric on expenditure retrenchment. Presently,
there are more pressing issues which that money could have put to better use.
The pharmaceutical sector, for instance, has announced that
only a month's supply of drugs remains. A caring government could have, at
least, channeled resources towards drugs procurement. There is a crippling
cholera outbreak and a doctor's strike, part of which is a result of promises
that were not honored.
Zanu PF’s lack of care forms part of its wisdom. Cars are
therefore more important than the lives of the citizens.
They now preside over a vampire state which devours its own
people. They pursue a narrow agenda of self-aggrandisement which is why they
were rejected by the people of Zimbabwe.
It is time to end a rule of scoundrels and gangsters who
use the state as an arena of personal enrichment.
Jacob Mafume
MDC National Spokesperson
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