ZEC Yet to Pay for Vehicles Hired During Registration Blitz
The vehicle owners claim that they are owed approximately US$2 508 each for the 19 days
OWNERS of several vehicles hired by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for the last biometric voter registration blitz held in March are yet to receive their dues almost two months after the programme ended.
The registration blitz was conducted from March 12-26 and the vehicle owners claim that they are owed approximately US$2 508 each for the 19 days the vehicles were under ZEC s programme.
The vehicles were hired through government’s Central Mechanical and Equipment Department (CMED) at a rate of US$132 per day, according to those who spoke to source on condition that their names would not be published.
However, the money owed is paid in the Zimbabwe dollars at the prevailing bank rate amid concerns by the vehicle owners that the money would soon lose value.
“We feel that the value of the money has been eroded by inflation and our vehicles were damaged for nothing.
The vehicles were hired through CMED like what usually happens on all exercises by Zec. We were told to ask CMED and it claims that it was not yet paid.”