PARLIAMENT has adopted a motion recommending the prosecution of individuals fingered in the looting of funds at the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS).
Bulawayo South MP Eddie Cross proposed the motion in which MPs said they were highly disturbed by disclosures in a forensic audit report that millions in subscribers' funds were used to pay senior managers at a time when the society was failing to pay service providers and other creditors on time.
He said according to the audit report, allowances worth $24 million were paid to 16 staff members including Dube's secretary and driver.
One of the trips which were covered by the subsistence and travel allowance was a private trip to Nigeria to see the Prophet TB Joshua. Payments were also made for relatives, including his son-in-law and his daughter to go on holiday.
Some $22 million was spent on land, buildings and motor vehicles all of which with inadequate documentation and records. This includes a house for the Chief Executive Officer at a cost of a million dollars.
He said the report states that $3,8 million was paid to “high profile individuals, politicians, legislators and government officials who have not been named.
Cross said parliament must also summon all those said to have looted funds from PSMAS for hearings.
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