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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko\u2019s son, Siqokoqela, has defended his father\u2019s one-and-a-half-year stay in a hotel at taxpayers\u2019 expense.<\/p>\n

Mphoko stayed in a hotel for more than a year after he was appointed Vice President by the late former president Robert Mugabe in 2014.<\/p>\n

Siqokoqela said the arrangement allowed the government to save a lot of money for taxpayers as his father didn\u2019t have a maid, a lot of security, and electricity bills among other expenses.<\/p>\n

He was speaking during an online programme, This Morning on Asakhe, hosted by CITE on Twitter Space on Monday. Siqokoqela said:<\/p>\n

Well, look when I used to go up to Harare I would meet him at the Rainbow Towers so but that was a government-owned hotel.<\/p>\n

Having stayed in a hotel now, how much does it cost for him to stay in one room? Do you think this man never wanted to walk out in a garden?<\/p>\n

You think he didn\u2019t want to breathe the fresh air, he didn\u2019t want to be on the top floor or something, so that\u2019s no. He was at a hotel.<\/p>\n

He stayed in a hotel for about a year and a half or something while they were looking for suitable accommodation for him.<\/p>\n

He said his father had offered to go and stay in his house in Mount Pleasant. Added Siqokoqela:<\/p>\n

But look how much it cost? He actually saved a lot of money for the taxpayers.<\/p>\n

The government actually saved a lot of money for taxpayers while he was taking a hotel because he didn\u2019t have a maid, he didn\u2019t have that security around him.<\/p>\n

If he stayed in a mansion, you would pay 10 times more than the electricity bills.<\/p>\n

A listener identified as Douglas Mandaza said Siqokoqela was justifying the Government\u2019s profligacy because his father is still benefiting from the system. Said Mandaza:<\/p>\n

His father probably benefited; he is not going to say much. He probably benefited from the new government.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why he still has the security. That\u2019s why he still has the vehicles from the government.<\/p>\n

So if he\u2019s eating, you will probably be quiet. Hence he\u2019s coming in here and justifying what the government is doing.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko\u2019s son, Siqokoqela, has defended his father\u2019s one-and-a-half-year stay in a hotel at taxpayers\u2019 expense. Mphoko stayed in a hotel for more than a year after he was appointed Vice President by the late former president Robert Mugabe in 2014. 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