THE Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic) has defied the directive from the President’s Office to hand over the organisation’s vehicles, arguing that government had no say in the 40 vehicles provided by donor agencies.
JOHN NYASHANU
The vehicles were supposed to have been handed over by last Friday. The role of Jomic, which was established in 2009 at the inception of the inclusive government, was to deal with political disputes and it ended after the July 31 harmonised elections. The body is currently winding up its operations.
The committee was made up of members of the three political parties that formed the coalition government — Zanu PF, MDC-T and MDC.
In an interview with NewsDay yesterday, Jomic co-chairperson Elton Mangoma (MDC-T) blasted the President’s Office for trying to seize the vehicles, saying they were not government property.
“As far as we are concerned, they (vehicles) are still under Jomic. Government has no right over them. It’s not government that is successor to Jomic. It is upon Jomic to wind up and make a decision (over the vehicles) as political parties,” said Mangoma.
The Jomic vehicles were supposed to be handed over to the Central Mechanical and Engineering Department (CMED) depots countrywide. Contacted for comment, CMED chief executive officer Davison Mhaka said: “They (Jomic) have not handed over the vehicles, not even one.”
The directive from the President’s Office read in part: “Following the holding of the recent harmonised elections and the swearing-in of the new government, the role of Jomic ceases. Accordingly, all those in possession of Jomic vehicles should surrender them, with all necessary tools to CMED depots throughout the country by not later than September 20, 2013.”
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The other Jomic chairpersons Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga and Nicholas Goche of MDC and Zanu PF respectively could not be reached for comment on the matter yesterday.
However, Zanu PF Jomic member Oppah Muchinguri has backed the President’s Office saying the vehicles ought to be handed to government.
