[Civsoc-mw] Hot Seat: Biti says Mugabe takes at least US$4million on every foreign trip

[Diana Cammack]

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From:	violet at violetgonda.com
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Subject:	Hot Seat: Biti says Mugabe takes at 
	least US$4million on every foreign trip



Hot Seat: Biti says Mugabe takes at least US$4million on every foreign trip

Published 06 June 2017

SYNOPSIS: Tendai Biti has accused Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa of
`stealing´ money from the central bank to fund excessive expenditure by the
regime, which caused crippling cash shortages. In an in-depth interview on
the Hot Seat programme with journalist Violet Gonda on the economic crisis
in Zimbabwe, Biti talks about what he uncovered when he was finance minister
in the coalition government from 2009 - 2012. He says President Robert
Mugabe takes at least US$4million per foreign trip and his entourage has
deliberately made him into a `permanent resident of the skies´ in order to
loot Zimbabwe, with their own per diems. Biti warned  Zimbabwe only has one
week of import cover left, talks about illicit financial flows which hurt
Zimbabwe, the parallel government structures used to siphon money, and
explains in some detail what needs to happen to make Zimbabwe better again.

Click here for audio link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JeWOTxeHPU

Click here for full transcript:  
http://www.violetgonda.com/2017/06/hot-seat-biti-says-mugabe-takes-at-least-
4million-on-every-foreig
n-trip/ -- Violet Gonda Email:   violet at violetgonda.com Twitter:
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