Photo from NeatoramaZimbabwe: Corruption Fears Over £300m UN Aid
-- The Telegraph
-- The Telegraph
Zimbabwe is set to receive almost $500 million (£307 million) of aid for its health system, with the money going through President Robert Mugabe's Reserve Bank, raising fears that his regime will benefit.
The Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, administered by the United Nations and funded by Britain, America and other critics of the Harare regime, has agreed in principle to Zimbabwe’s request for help. Jon Liden, its communications director, confirmed that Zimbabwe had applied for almost $300 million to fight Aids, $58 million to combat tuberculosis, almost $60 million for malaria and $83 million for its health service in general. This application had cleared the most important hurdle by gaining approval from the “technical review panel”.
All that remains is for the Global Fund’s board to agree to release the funds at its meeting in New Delhi next month. Mr Mugabe’s regime has already described this as a “foregone conclusion”.
But Zimbabwean law states that all foreign exchange must be deposited with the Reserve Bank. Gideon Gono, its governor and one of Mr Mugabe’s closest allies, routinely delays releasing any funds.
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My Comment: I am speechless. The Zimbabwean officials who will administer the funds have zero credibility when it comes to money. As for the U.N., when have they ever been accountable for anything.