Zimbabwe: Lack of Accountability Is Our Biggest Sanction in Zim

opinion

"If you are shelling groundnuts for a blind man, you must keep whistling, so he knows you are not eating them." -- African proverb.THE above proverb, which I got from a friend as we were chatting about the state of our country and economy, sums up the levels of transparency, accountability and honesty required when one has stewardship of resources that belong to citizens.

Recent events such as Covidgate, where public procurement procedures were corruptly flouted and resources earmarked for combating the Covid-19 pandemic were looted by politically connected persons; Crocogate, where prices of Toyota Land Cruisers were grossly inflated from US$110 000 to US$400 000 each; and the Command Agriculture looting, are enough proof that the biggest challenge we have as a nation is lack of accountability. The economic dynamics in Zimbabwe show that the main factors behind economic collapse are bad governance, corruption as well as lack of transparency and accountability. These are the pressing issues the nation must confront before anyone points a finger at purported external factors.

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