Thread by @TembaMliswa

I attended a prebudget seminar and one of the major takeaways was that you cannot blame money changers for the exchange spike. We have got a Gvt that is paying contractors using RTGs yet the same companies need to find forex. Where do you think they are getting it?

So ultimately Gvt is indirectly feeding the informal exchange market. It's unfortunate that it is being stubborn& refusing to face that truth. However, you cannot be stubborn with the economy. The economy isn't like people whom you force to vote for you, it has its own nature.

The economy cannot be corralled like that. It doesn't need a heavy-handed approach. They have arrested people and yet the rate continues.

Again the expenditure is too much. The estimated expenditure was ZWL$63 billion, yet we are already at over ZWL$400 billion!!

Worse-off with all this excessive spending they never come to Parliament to seek condonation and permission. It's important that the respective Portfolio Committees hold each portfolio responsible.

The Public Finance Management Act which is sacrosanct is clear about our role as Parliament in overseeing public finance.
There are a lot of inefficiencies in Gvt.

The State of the Nation address is tomorrow yet the Ministers never respond to it despite the Speaker being tough; the Leader of Gvt business never tells the President the truth. We have a lot of policies and yet they are never reviewed to see what's working and what's not.

Thus there are a lot of inconsistencies. All that is consistent is corruption. Thus my own triple C is Corruption Chete Chete. That's what they know best and selective application of the law. A lot of dubious companies are led by proxies and cannot be held to account.

Some Gvt appointments also have the backing of certain leaders and that is not good for efficiency because those people cannot be reprimanded, controlled or fired. In the US civil servants swear upon the constitution. That gives them allegiance to the country& not politicians.

Currently poverty levels are well above 50%, yet we have not reviewed our plans to suit the situation. How do you attain Middle Income with such a situation? We have had Covid but we have not done any review. It's like nothing ever happened.

Our propensity to ignore situations is astounding. We need to be more honest. It's the same with Gukurahundi. For a long time we have acted like it never happened. Its a fact that it was wrong to kill people& all that was needed was to face the situation, admit& be responsible.

Then we would move on as a united nation. We need leaders that are simply honest to admit when they make wrong moves. Just admit when the chosen path is wrong.

We are into the Second Republic and we are realising that things are tougher. With how the GNU worked and the stability it brought maybe we need to relook on what works for us. We cannot talk about Zim doing well because the shops are full, it's because people don't have money.

There is no buying power. Everybody is suffering, even the MPs. We won't attain Middle Income in 2030 this way. It was an eye-opening review indeed with great presentations by Gift Mugano, Mrs Takaendesa and Chiwore from Parliament was also good. Always on point.

Now fuel we are one of the highest because of too many taxes; there is too much speculation by people like Billy Rautenbach. His shenanigans have been revealed in the Pandora Papers and yet we are all quiet but if it was a black person like Kuda Tagwirei we would be on his back.