"I travel the Bulawayo-Harare road weekly. On average there are 18 roadblocks manned by the ZRP and at all these roadblocks they're collecting fines – for every conceivable reason," Cross said.
"In my constituency they tell me that every ET (commuter taxi) pays at least $10 per day (in bribes) to the police. I have no reason to dispute that.”
He added his voice to calls for the abolition of spot fines for motorists, which he said were illegal and encouraged corruption while the money was not going to state coffers. He also called for the removal of toll gates, saying a fuel levy would be a more efficient way of collecting revenue.
Chairman of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, which monitors the police, Paul Madzore, said the committee had received numerous complaints from the public about police corruption.
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