PAC members yesterday defended Mr Kabwe against attacks by political parties allegedly for personalising the subvention issue, saying the matter was owned by the Committee. They told The Citizen separately that Zitto had full blessings of members of the PAC before he made the statement to the effect that accounts of nine political parties had not been audited for four years. “That is the position of our committee and not Zitto’s creations as political parties want the public to believe,” said a member of the committee, Mr Abdul Marombwa. He said they were wondering why the political parties were personalising the issue while the matter surfaced the committee met registrar of political parties, Mr Francis Mutungi, who revealed the information. “There is no Zitto’s agenda here, we all sat and agreed on the matter,” he said. Another PAC member who asked not be named said their team was implementing Political Parties (Amendment) Act, 2009, which requires them to submit the parties accounts to the CAG for auditing and forward the audit reports to the registrar. “The registrar confirmed to us none of the nine parties fulfilled that legal requirement,” he said. “That was not Zitto’s statement, it was the outcome of the meeting,” he insisted.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:36:50 +0000
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