By Own Correspondent- Government has started implementation of a tracking system to stem leakages in the supply of fuel that have exacerbated shortages that are being experienced in the country, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.

Addressing journalists on the 23rd Cabinet Meeting Decision Matrix in Harare, the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Monica Mutsvangwa, said the Minister of Energy and Power Development, (Fortune Chasi), briefed Cabinet on the prevailing fuel and power supply situation in the country. 

“The Minister informed Cabinet that during his engagements with players in the fuel supply chain, it had become clear that the sector was still riddled with business malpractices which militated against the smooth supply of the product to the market. As part of the measures to address this unsavoury state of affairs, a system to track the movement and distribution of fuel was already at the initial stage of installation.”

Minister Chasi said players in the fuel industry had made proposals that he was still considering how to address the leakages.

“I was with them yesterday (Monday) and there are proposals which they have made and once we agree on certain positions we will be able to communicate,” Minister Chasi said.

“We want to work together, we want to create an environment that allows business people to make money but without making the public suffer. So as I say we still have malpractices and I warned the industry yesterday that the hour will come when we talk about renewal of licences. But if we need to do it earlier we will do so to protect the interests of the public that consume fuel.”-StateMedia