{"id":75537,"date":"2023-03-18T21:49:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T19:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/timb-has-suspended-a-tobacco-contractor-for-defrauding-farmers"},"modified":"2023-03-19T00:11:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T22:11:57","slug":"timb-has-suspended-a-tobacco-contractor-for-defrauding-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/timb-has-suspended-a-tobacco-contractor-for-defrauding-farmers","title":{"rendered":"TIMB Has Suspended A Tobacco Contractor For Defrauding Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB)<\/b> has suspended a tobacco contractor from operating on allegations of them defrauding farmers.<\/p>\n

TIMB said Vision Leaf Tobacco management was suspended after an assessment which discovered some anomalies in the contractor\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n

In a communication to the contractor, TIMB said:<\/p>\n

Consequently, the TIMB has suspended your contract sales with immediate effect and you are directed to stop conducting sales and resumption will be determined by your remedying of the above issues.<\/p>\n

TIMB public affairs officer Chelesani Tsarwe said the contractor was suspended for violating the Contractors\u2019 Compliance Administration Framework. Tsarwe said in an interview with ZimLive:<\/p>\n

This includes altering Goods Received Vouchers (GRVs), non-disclosure and or absence of prices of inputs issued to farmers and underfunding only to charge abnormally high a mark-up rate for inputs is a way through which contractors defraud the tobacco grower.<\/p>\n

The welfare of the grower is at the epicentre of TIMB\u2019s operations and this season we will not allow the grower to be victimised.<\/p>\n

We have a tough stance against non-compliance to industry regulations, short-changing tobacco growers and other actions that destabilise the tobacco industry.<\/p>\n

Over the years, tobacco farmers have cried foul over deductions made by contractors for inputs supplied, accusing them of inflating prices.<\/p>\n

Officially opening the 2023 tobacco selling season recently, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga implored the TIMB to ensure transparency and fair tobacco sales at the contract and auction floors.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe expects to produce 230 million kilograms of tobacco this year, up from 212 million kilograms last year, following good rains and after more farmers planted the crop.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has suspended a tobacco contractor from operating on allegations of them defrauding farmers. TIMB said Vision Leaf Tobacco management was suspended after an assessment which discovered some anomalies in the contractor\u2019s operations. 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