Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Secretary Virginia Mabhiza has revealed that government officials were threatened with violence over auditing the Constituency Development Fund projects by MPs.
Mabhiza said one of the reasons why at least 53 constituencies were not audited is that some legislators threatened to harm government auditors.
Mabhiza said this while giving oral evidence before a parliamentary portfolio committee on public accounts where she had been invited to explain irregularities that were found in her ministry by auditor general, Mildred Chiri.
Binga North MP Prince Sibanda (MDC-T) asked Mabhiza to explain what she meant and whether government security agencies had refused to provide protection.
Mabhiza highlighted that the non-accessing of 53 constituencies was not 100 percent attributed to security reasons but resources.
She also revealed that there were instances where auditors would be threatened by Members of Parliament whenever they attempted to go in constituencies to see the projects on the ground.
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