adminfor themselves, the Indigenous Business Development Centre has warned.
IBDC national president, Mr Ben Mucheche, yesterday said indigenisation policies were meant to benefit all Zimbabweans not influential individuals.
“Indigenisation and economic empowerment must be broad-based so that it benefits the grass roots in the remotest parts of the country as they are the ones who suffered from supporting the armed struggle.
“No individuals should be allowed to monopolise this objective to their advantage.
“Those few greedy indigenous people who want to grab every- thing for themselves once proved must be removed from leadership,” he said.
Mr Mucheche said the indigenisation programme must be controlled and managed by people of integrity without corrupt tendencies.
He said corruption in running the programme would make people doubt its objectives and shun it.
He said that IBDC’s objective during its formation in 1991 was to have the economy in the hands of indigenous Zimbabweans.
Mr Mucheche said Zimbabweans waged the armed struggle because they wanted to have political power to control and run the country, own and run the economy.
“The time of being slaves and employees in our country is over and we must be seen to be in total control of our economy.
He said in the United Kingdom, US, Germany, Italy and Japan the economies were owned by indigenous people.
This call comes after the Government successfully launched the Chegutu-Mhondoro-Ngezi-Zvimba Community Share Ownership Trust.
Traditional leaders in the area also raised similar concerns that politicians should not interfere with the programme.
“The launch of the Community Share Ownership Trusts is a sure way of fulfilling this noble idea and must be spread throughout the country as we are aware that all the provinces have some activity being carried out that must benefit the local communities.”
Online Reporter