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Mugabe, Tsvangirai on spending spree

by Charles Rukuni 13 years ago13 years ago

President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and cabinet ministers ran up a travel bill of some US$50 million last month despite the treasury’s call for government to pull back on such trips, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said today. He told a budget consultation meeting in the provincial capital of Masvingo that top officials had ignored his urging that they cut back on foreign trips and reduce the size of their delegations.

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The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.