Matinenga told Parliament on Thursday that he was under pressure from journalists to provide the list of legislators who had not yet accounted for the funds. Legislators raised concerns about increasing media reports surrounding the abuse of the funds. Bubi MP Clifford Sibanda (Zanu (PF)) asked Minister Matinenga to name and shame all the legislators who had not yet complied, in order to clear the air over the issue.
Matinenga admitted that he had protected the legislators from probing journalists, but would be left with no choice but to spill the beans if they continued defying him.
"I can assure you that when I left the office today 133 MPs had been recorded as having filed their returns and if the honourable member so wishes, I am quite happy to bring a list and to bring that list before this House," Matinenga said.
Matinenga again declined to provide the list to this newspaper saying he needed to table the names in Parliament first.
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