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Ministers Lament The Dire State Of Affairs In The Security Services

2 years agoMon, 24 Oct 2022 09:20:30 GMT

Ministers Lament The Dire State Of Affairs In The Security Services

Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Home Affairs colleague Kazembe Kazembe lamented the dire state of affairs in the security services.

Muchinguri-Kashiri said the poor budgetary support for the ministry had resulted in soldiers being the subject of public ridicule and insults, according to NewZimbabwe.

Speaking during the ongoing Parliamentary consultations for the 2023 national budget held in Harare at the weekend, Muchinguri-Kashiri said:

Soldiers do not have adequate accommodation; they need to be in barracks.
They are given all sorts of names, they use public transport, they are insulted on a daily basis and whilst on duty, they sometimes go without food.
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On the food items they are supposed to be getting 53 items but this has been reduced to five items only. Soldiers were going for Sadza and beans without cooking oil daily.

Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said the situation was equally bad for the country’s police service. He said:

The police force situation is very desperate.
You should actually be thanking the police that we still have sanity and tranquillity in our country because of the situation these men and women are going through.

ZANU PF’s Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba warned the ministers to remember that their security was provided by these disgruntled officers, adding that the situation was a national security threat.

You are all being guarded by these security forces.
A soldier is the last person to defend the country. Let us be serious. You cannot feed a soldier with beans. Kuhondo taiti Gandanga haridye derere mukoma! Vapeyi mari kubva nhasi!

Parliament’s Defence Committee Chairperson Levi Mayihlome (ZANU PF) added that there is gross disgruntlement over police transport allowances.

Independent Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa questioned the prioritisation of scarce resources pointing out that while critical services were underfunded, the government still managed to find the money for ministers’ vehicles and housing loans.

He claimed ministers had two government issue luxury vehicles, adding they were also given housing loans of US$500 000 each.

Speaker Jacob Mudenda challenged Parliamentary committees and government departments to come up with domestic resource mobilisation strategies to help alleviate poverty across the country.

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14 Comments

AK-47 · 2 years ago

Soldiers and Police force deserve that , in fact you are giving them too much their salaries must be deducted . Because when ever other civil servants try to do demonstration about poor salaries they come with weapons and start to throw teargas and bit fellow civil servants . When ever the citizens what change they are the ones who kill the civilians . They are being used by Zanu PF . This is a strategy by ZANU they want to increase their salaries before elections so that they will use them to kill people

Ndaifunga kuti musevenzi inhapwa · 2 years ago

The Zimbabwe Government workers all received their monthly salaries but some massive differences are being noted lately,: 1.The Military, Police and Correctional Services received the local currency rtgs about Zw$90 000. 2.The Health this Ministry a generalhand took home rtgs Zwl$180 000 beating those with big high sounding degrees in other Ministries. 3.Education and Rest of Civil Service is most pathetic seriously lagging behind took home on average rtgs Zw$40 000. What economic sense does this bring out it is senseless these guys use same shops, are exposed to same harsh economic conditions yet we have so wide differences. If it was not for nostro allowances those in the rest of civil service, education they would be bringing their bodies to work when the mind is at home by now. So all Government employees are desperate please let's have a system that is encouraging to work

Anonymous · 2 years ago

The police deserve better, they risk their lives everytime they apprehend armed robbers. Soldiers ought to be well fed, police officers ought to be well paid.

Comment anonymously · 2 years ago

They both deserve nothing.....they are enablers of this repressive system....as a matter of fact change should start with them in removing this system

Jojo · 2 years ago

Ko kuzoti isu marovha motidii

Da Truth · 2 years ago

It is towards elections pamazowona kuti soldiers vanoda Mari nhasi mab a Kuma elections havasisina basa .Zvava kwamuri kutimuone kuti munorangarirwa yasvika nguva yema elections .

Nyasha Blessing Madododo · 2 years ago

hanzy of the 53 items they are supposed to get they are only getting five kkk 53 items plus salary which other department inowana such favours

Personal Kanda · 2 years ago

Liberian president George Weah refused his salary . he offered it to charity and health institutions not what we see here , were parliamentarians take these posts for personal and financial gains

Raymond Gunda · 2 years ago

The whole country needs fixing everyone is suffering Its only the big Zanuoids and their surrogates who are enjoing the fruits of this country

k · 2 years ago

everyone needs money

Mutadza · 2 years ago

Why speak about security services only when everything is rotting. Ava varinani vanopota vachiba nepfuti

Anonymous · 2 years ago

The system never changed. Only the skin color changed. Not all security forces are benefiting from the current system

POVO 0772814902 · 2 years ago

Apart from shooting civilians, looting diamonds in Chiadzwa and collecting bribes at roadblocks, what else have they done?

Anonymous · 2 years ago

Your argument is shallow. The current system replaced the Colonial regime which was serving less that 20 % of the population. If you have a relative in the security forces does he have diamonds?

chiutsi · 2 years ago

43 years ZANU ichitonga and you are still blaming colonialism? If ZANU has failed to correct systems that cater for 20% of the population in 43 years, is it ever likely to be able to do that in 100 years? HH in Zambia has overtaken decades of misrule in 9 months. NOW THAT IS PERFORMANCE. Musatinyaudze

General Hercules · 2 years ago

Most people who dont know politics and administration give all the credit to HH (Zambia ) for the prosperity and stability in Zambia .Mwanawasa is the one who started reforms in Zambia ,dealing with corruption,nepotism,graft and maladministration after decades of misrule by Kaunda and Chiluba.l have no doubt tht HH is a good president maybe 5 times wht our Zimbabwean presidents are but the groundwork was laid down by Mwanawasa .You cant just turn around the fortunes of an economy overnight especially after years and years of misrule and corruption after all this is a country we are talking about .Big up to Mwanawasa,Lungu and HH for reviving the economy of Zambia

Vesto · 2 years ago

@Dhoktela Hercules, if Edgar Lungu was such a dynamo, how come the Zambians ditched him for HH? Mwanawasa may have started the recovery, but the man who reached the winning rope is HH. The world recognises the finishing line, not the starting blocks.

POVO · 2 years ago

Quite frankly, they deserve it. It would be no loss to this country if they all were to become unemployed today

Anonymous · 2 years ago

What have they done?