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Victoria Falls Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)is concerned over involvement of women in corruption, the Commissioner General, Mr Gershem Pasi, said.In a recent interview on the sidelines of the International Conference on Tax in Victoria Falls, Mr Pasi said he was saddened to note that young girls and women were becoming part of syndicates involved in corrupt activities at the country’s borders.
“Corruption is a cancer we do not tolerate as Zimra and as we speak, we have a code of conduct and we have teams on the lookout at the borders for any forms of corruption. I am saddened that the girl child or women are now part of syndicates.
We have just smashed a syndicate that was externalising funds and one of the accused was five months pregnant and she miscarried. The other girl committed suicide by hanging self. We say no to corruption,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mr Pasi said Zimra was going to extend its solar energy programmes to other border posts after finding partners for the project.
Zimra introduced a solar project at Plumtree border post in April following the successful launch of the first solar system at Nyamapanda border post in December last year.
The solar system at Plumtree has the capacity to generate 10kw for the main building at the border post while a 3,5kw inverter was installed for the information technology network switches to run for 24 hours continuously on solar.
“We are extending the solar programmes to other border posts now that we have a government in place. Our partners are prepared to work with us to speed up the solar energy programme. Plumtree and Nyamapanda are running on solar and we see other borders running on solar power very soon,” said Mr Pasi.
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