Zimbabwe: Legislators Name, Shame Ministers

MEMBERS of Parliament, for long regarded as toothless bulldogs, have come out with their guns blazing, accusing government ministers, including Finance Minister Tendai Biti and Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa of undermining their oversight role - laying a fertile ground for a bruising turf war between the legislature and the executive.

The current Parliament has been criticised for underperforming due to failure by MPs to agitate for the implementation of the government's legislative agenda, top of the list being long-awaited media and electoral reforms.

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