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8 MPs, army officers in fertilizer probe



Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:50:00 +0000



THE Zimbabwean Government has ordered fraud investigations on eight Members of Parliament, some army officers and Grain Marketing Board officials accused of stealing fertilizer meant for a State-sponsored food production programme, the Zimbabwe Guardian has learnt.

The legislators, army officers and officials from GMB allegedly abused their offices by allocating themselves large quantities of scarce fertilizer which was later diverted to the black market.

Some of the MPs have no farms while others had very small plots of land which did not justify the large quantities of fertilizer they collected from the government’s inputs holding centre in the capital Harare.

The identity of the party to which the MPs belonged was not disclosed.

In the event that they are found guilty and convicted, the lawmakers could face jail terms and lose their parliamentary seats.

The Government of Zimbabwe has set up a structured inputs procurement and distribution process.

A Resource Mobilization and Utilization Committee was set up to oversee the distribution of farming inputs including fertilizer, maize seed and grain. The Inputs Logistics Sub-Committee issues farmers applying for inputs from Government an invoice to get the inputs from storage points.

The Sub-Committee Chairman Brigadier General Douglas Nyikayaramba revealed that the input logistic inspectorate had unearthed the fertilizer scam, but did not reveal the names of the perpetrators for fear of interfering with investigations.

He, however, said the move by the eight legislators was “unacceptable and scandalous”.

Until recently, only Government and the GMB could import grain, maize seed and fertilizers. However, the regulation was eased and the importation process decentralized to allow importers of ground foods such as maize meal, soya meal and wheat products to procure them without applying for licences from Ministry of Agriculture.

Individuals and organisations can now import inputs to avert shortages on the local market.

Through the Champion Farmer Programme Government has given priority to mobilize about US$7 million required to procure top dressing fertilizer this year.

The latest development is impeding these efforts to increase food supply as the country faces severe food shortages in the current planting season.


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krishibid durlave roy krishibid.consultation@yahoo.com
Subject: www.northernfertilizer.org
Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:41:04
Harare — Farmers with limited tillage resources should consider conservation farming which is a cheaper way of producing high yields.
The technique code-named “Farming God’s Way” involves zero tillage and use of animal and compost manure. Foundations for Farming spokesperson Mrs Concilia Shayanewako said conservation tillage was an easy way of farming, which was not labour intensive. More online at AllAfrica.com…
please visit www.northernfertilizer.org
and take some tips.....
krishibid durlave roy


N/A N/A
Subject: Thievery
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:13:10
Sorry people, nothing will happen to these guys, they will actually be promoted.

They are all Zanu PF thieves and the biggest thieves of aid and relief material are Gono and Mugabe himself.

I hope the South African leaders are reading these news items.Very little aid or relief gets to the diserving people.

But I like the idea of hungry soldiers raiding Gono's farm for chickens, at least they know where the national resources are going!


Jairos Tapfuma n/a
Subject: Deal with them
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:49:03
Your site has always been transparent. I wish you had a print version in Zimbabwe. It would have been much better than the so called independent press we currently have.

However, those MPs and army officers' behaviour leaves a lot to be desired. That should not be tolerated at all. Justice should take its course because I do not think that this is the wish of the government, neither do their actions represent wishes of the government.

Just like those ministers who have been arrested before, these ones should not be spared-and when the police take action, it should not be viewed as Zanu-PF sacrificing a few 8 MPs. No. Government has always arrested corrupt people and it should continue on that course. We should not tolerate at all senseless people who are greedy. No wonder why President Mugabe has always castigated corrupt individuals as the people ruining our country.


Lillian Nyakudya N/A
Subject: N/A
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:50:55
This is a disease which needs nipping in the bud. Why should people who represent us in parliament and who are supposed to be the protectors of our country in the army abuse such government efforts to assist people. These must really be Zanu PF MPs and army officers. That is the only the reason why their names have not been published. Had it been MDC MPs, they would have been convicted before any prosecutions and we would have been told not only of their names, but of their MANY crimes and those of their spouses and children. Zimbabwe will only perish under Zanu PF which has been corrupt for decades and it is becoming worse by the day. This has been going on and on and I wonder why Zanu PF is now choosing to wash its dirty linen in public. I heard that someone called OMUGABE collected 10 truckloads of fertilizers and he was seen selling it at Hauna Growth point.


DREADS na
Subject: TRANSPARENCY!
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:27:32
Thank you Mr Editor!
Now this is what I call TRANSPARENCY.



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