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“The Ministry of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs is in the process of paying MPs, the MPs who have accounts with CBZ have already accessed it and some of them have already spent it,” he said.
Minister Matinenga said the delays in other MPs’ accounts was as a result of “transactional lag times”.
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“My Ministry has an account with CBZ, so those MPs who have accounts with our bank should be able to access their money as we speak but those with other bank accounts it takes time because it is the same as RTGs.
“From the schedule I have, payments were done on December 29, 30 and 31. Initially, 131 were paid and then 66 and now we are left with 14 because the money was exhausted,” he said.
Minister Matinenga said the salaries and allowances are being given to MPs to settle their vehicle loans. Finance Minister Tendai Biti established a car loan scheme in 2009 whereby 291 of the country’s 300 legislators were handed vehicles worth up to US$30 000.
Minister Matinenga said it was important for legislators to separate parliamentary business from welfare issues.
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