Zimbabwe. Mnangagwa rushes to legalise Tsvangirai’s pension

Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has moved with speed to amend the 2018 budget statement presented late last year before Parliament to incorporate President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s desire to pay former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai a gratuity and pension.

According to NewZimbabwe.com, the amendment comes hardly two weeks after Harare Central MP Murisi Zwizwai (MDC-T) asked why the Finance Bill was silent on the pension payments to Tsvangirai when it made reference to pensions of the President, Deputy President, Speaker of Parliament, Deputy Speaker, Senate President and Members of Parliament.

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