MPs challenge Mthuli Ncube to bring the list of auction protocol offenders
Legislators have challenged Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube to bring the list of auction system protocol offenders to Parliament.
The Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe have been unwilling to name and shame the offenders.
This has resulted in speculation that most offenders could be businesses and entities that are owned by top government officials.
Raising the issue in Parliament last week, Norton legislator Temba Mliswa said the list must come to the National Assembly which is tasked with the oversight role.
‘’On a point of order Mr. Speaker Sir. The Minister can furnish this House with a list of those who have benefited and those who have violated. It is our role of oversight to know that and for the public to know.
‘’When can he bring that list into this House? In fact, it is outstanding. If you recall some time, they were supposed to bring the list of all who have benefited.
‘’Now we want a list of those who have violated so that we name and shame them so that the Reserve Bank is not implicated in working with them,’’ he said.
Speaking on the same request, Mutare Central legislator Innocent Gonese added that the minister must also bring a very comprehensive ministerial statement on the issue.
‘’My point of order is for the Honourable Minister to come up with a Ministerial Statement because this issue of the exchange rate has an impact on prices, inflation, and on the livelihoods of the people of Zimbabwe.
‘’So, it is very critical and crucial. Therefore, I am requesting that instead of just bringing in the list, I propose that the Honourable Minister comes up with a comprehensive statement, dealing with, among other issues, the reason why this disparity between the auction and the parallel market rate is widening.
‘’The gap is actually widening instead of narrowing and these are the issues which we want to interrogate on behalf of the people of Zimbabwe,’’ he said.
MPs challenge Mthuli Ncube to bring the list of auction protocol offenders
