MPILO Central Hospital chief executive officer Lawrence Mantiziba has blasted people accusing him of a lavish lifestyle at the expense of the region’s largest referral hospital.
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Mantiziba, who has been at the helm of the hospital since 2012, opened up in the wake of complaints by some Mpilo Hospital employees that he rejected a BT50 vehicle offered by the health institution and opted for a hired Mercedes-Benz.
He said the government was paying $5 600 per month to the CMED (Private) for the hired vehicle. He denied earlier reports that the government was spending $7 000 each month for the vehicle.
Mantiziba said the BT50 vehicle he was being asked to drive was not less “than six to 10 years old”.
“My directors drive Isuzu twin cabs that are relatively new and I am expected to take a 10-year-old single cab as the CEO,” he said. The CEO said his peers at Ingutsheni and the United Bulawayo Hospitals were allocated Mercedes-Benz vehicles hired from the CMED, but were not being vilified.
“The money to hire this vehicle does not come from Mpilo, but from the government as part of my conditions of service,” he said. A letter that alleged deepening rot at the institution also alleged that Mantiziba was being overpaid in education allowances, an accusation he dismissed as uninformed.
“CEOs are entitled to education allowances based on the fees of Prince Edward which is a government school. If it is day school they pay accordingly and the same with boarding,” he said.
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“The fees at Prince Edward now is $1 300 yet my child pays $1 200 which as you can see is actually lower.
“I have another child at university and they pay about $700 per semester but I haven’t claimed that money.’
Mantiziba also hit out at attempts to link the issue of the car hire to a security services contract with Manifest Security company. He was accused of paying out the company $30 000 because he was friends with its director.
