Traditional leaders to get top-of-the-range vehicles - NewsDay
Chiefs’ Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira yesterday said the deal was struck after “intense discussions between various car dealers, officials from the Ministry of Local Government and traditional leaders themselves”. “It’s true we are supposed to get new vehicles under the traditional leaders’ vehicle loan scheme which was established in 2004. Initially we were supposed to get these cars in 2009, but government could not facilitate that because it had no... The top-of-range all-terrain vehicles, according to Charumbira, would be sourced from a Harare car dealer, Paza Buster, believed to be linked to Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo. But Chombo, who until a recent Cabinet reshuffle had served as Local Government minister for 15 years, yesterday denied any links with Paza Buster. I at times play golf with (Moses) Chingwena (Croco Motors chairman), not Paza Buster,” Chombo said. Charumbira said they did not settle for the car dealer because of the “supposed links to the Zanu PF minister,” but the capacity to supply the wanted brand. “If any dealer has enough Isuzu to supply to our traditional leaders, they can approach us and we can abandon Paza Buster. We did not decide to buy from Paza Buster because it is said to be linked minister Chombo, we settled for Isuzus and it is Paza Buster that has a dealership licence to sell Isuzus in this country,” he said. Source: www.newsday.co.zw
