“What if you allocate them funds so that they buy cars so that they can move from point A to point B easily? We have a lot of constituency responsibilities. Parliament staff travel late going back to their homes. We travel various trips with Parliament staff and we come back at midnight. “Funds are not enough but if you send us away empty handed, we go back empty handed. Therefore, the funds you are allocating to us are not enough to fund our needs,” Nyabani said. “A lot of us parked our cars because we cannot afford to service them. May the Minister kindly take note of our working environment? We have people buying coupons outside Parliament. If a person is sent to work, he needs a good working environment. “I would like to talk about the issue of jobs. Zanu-PF Rushinga MP Tendai Nyabani said MPs had also parked their vehicles for failing to service them. Some are campaigning using their own monies so that they come back to Parliament.” Members from Zanu-PF have mines and now they are using that money from the mines to carry out their duties in their constituencies. I suggest that for the remaining six months, you should allocate Z$1 million to each Member of Parliament so that we carry out our duties well because if you do not give us this money, some Hon Members are going to fail to come back to Parliament.
Members of Parliament are earning US$100 per month,” he said. “I should start by looking at the welfare of Hon. He also complained over the issue of accommodation in which authorities are accused of failing to pay hotel bills for the MPs resulting in many of them being left stranded. Southerton MP Peter Moyo (MDC Alliance) told Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube that legislators were earning only US$100 per month and they were no longer able to carry out their duties.
Members of Parliament on Thursday registered their incapacitation to travel to their respective constituencies due to poor allowances and salaries they are getting.
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