Speaker demands another vehicle

ministers and deputies, two vehicles each excluding him together with his deputy, Ms Nomalanga Khumalo, Senate President Cde Edna Madzongwe and her deputy Cde Naison Ndlovu.
Mr Moyo said he and his other colleagues wanted an off-road vehicle in addition to the Mercedes Benz to match his colleagues in the Executive.
“We are not asking for favours. These are our conditions of service. Right now I am using a Discovery as an off-road yet junior persons like Deputy Ministers are driving better cars. The off-road Discovery that I am using is not even mine, we are hiring from CMED,” said Mr Moyo.
The Speaker said all presiding officers at Parliament were hiring off-road vehicles yet they were entitled to them for personal use when going to rough terrains.
The Speaker accused Treasury of claiming that there was no money to buy the vehicles yet all of the Executive members including those deputy ministers who were recently appointed already drove better cars than him.
The Speaker also made reference to the “unfair deal” in his keynote address at the pre-budget seminar in Victoria Falls.
When contacted for comment, Senate President criticised the Speaker for bringing conditions of service issues up at the wrong fora.
“Why did he not take it up with Finance Minister? Why raising the issue during the budget seminar.
“He might have a case, but the fora was wrong,” said Cde Madzongwe.
MPs also want additional vehicles claiming that those allocated to them by Treasury were damaged during Copac’s outreach programme.