{"id":78085,"date":"2023-05-21T11:26:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T09:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-being-run-by-kleptomaniac-govt-biti"},"modified":"2023-05-21T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T12:57:17","slug":"zim-being-run-by-kleptomaniac-govt-biti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-being-run-by-kleptomaniac-govt-biti","title":{"rendered":"Zim being run by kleptomaniac Govt \u2013 Biti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Mary Taruvinga<\/b><\/p>\n<p>CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy leader Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe is being run by a kleptomaniac government and there is a desperate need for change ahead of the upcoming general elections.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking to NewZimbabwe.com in Ward 9 Tafara, where he was conducting door to door campaign as the party gears for imminent crunch general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Biti\u2019s comments come at a time Zimbabwe has been named the most miserable country in the world by a renowned economist, Steve Hanke.<\/p>\n<p>According to the American professor, Zimbabwe\u2019s inflation currently stands at 666%.<\/p>\n<p>Biti says the current scenario calls for change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s urgent that there is Change and transformation in Zimbabwe. We are run by kleptomania, a government (that) steals and steals and cannot look after its poor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMthuli Ncube has failed and failed in absolute terms,\u201d said Biti.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAs I am talking to you right now the exchange rate is now US$1:3 500. That means salaries of workers have been eroded&#8230;So we need Change and desperate change so that we can implement a radical program of economic transformation and modernisation under the new great Zimbabwe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In his analysis, Hanke echoed Biti\u2019s sentiments saying \u201cZanu PF operates more like a political Mafia than a political party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Zimbabwean policies have resulted in massive misery.<\/p>\n<p>Hanke also predicted that CCC is going to win the elections because of glaring failures by Zanu PF.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Biti said he is a tried and tested leader for the \u201cstruggle and has been in the struggle since 1986 as a student.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he will use his experience in government to provide a pillar for the incoming government led by Nelson Chamisa.<\/p>\n<p>The former Finance minister won the Euromoney Emerging Markets award for Best Finance Minister in Africa in 2009 for his good work in stabilising the country\u2019s economy during the Government of National Unity (GNU).<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, he has consistently uncovered corruption and held the government to account in Parliament through the public accounts Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarare East has the national duty of returning Tendai Biti to Parliament so he can continue working for the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By Mary Taruvinga CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy leader Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe is being run by a kleptomaniac government and there is a desperate need for change ahead of the upcoming general elections. He was speaking to NewZimbabwe.com in Ward 9 Tafara, where he was conducting door to door campaign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":78084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,12,2715],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-78085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-policy","11":"category-to-homepage","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zim being run by kleptomaniac Govt \u2013 Biti - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Mary Taruvinga CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy leader Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe is being run by a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-being-run-by-kleptomaniac-govt-biti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zim being run by kleptomaniac Govt \u2013 Biti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Mary Taruvinga CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy leader Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe is being run by a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-being-run-by-kleptomaniac-govt-biti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-21T09:26:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-21T12:57:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/05\/sm_1684657567.587007.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"751\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-being-run-by-kleptomaniac-govt-biti\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-being-run-by-kleptomaniac-govt-biti\",\"name\":\"Zim being run by kleptomaniac Govt \u2013 Biti - 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