By Farai D Hove| Several months after it was completed, the NSSA forensic audit report has remained a secret confined only to political leaders from ZANU PF. Labour Minister Sekesai Nzenza yesterday refused to release the NSSA audit report.
Speaking during her press conference, Nzenza began by saying she has got nothing to hide from the public.
“People can investigate me if they wish. As far as I know, I am not in being investigated, however those who are saying I’m being investigated, why don’t you ask them?
“As far as I know I have absolutely nothing to hide,” she said.
She was then asked when she will make the report public and to this her male aide (name not given), sitting by her side quipped in saying, “it’s important that you understand that this is not just a simple write up.
“We have shared the report with the… special Anti-Corruption unit in the president’s office. There is work to be done, and the minister once she has been briefed, we will collect all the inputs…and once those are at hand, we will discuss with the minister and she will be able to come-up to you …and we will call another press conference just to appraise you. But we are hoping that this is something that can happen very soon. We are having some discussions, and we should be having some summary reports this week. And the minister will be able to appraise the public on some of the issues… And going on, as the details come out, we will be able to give to the public what is authentic, what is correct,” he said.
But isn’t this is a public document, why is being kept a secret?, one journo asked, and to this, Nzenza herself said.
” It will be made public, it will be.”
During the presser, Nzenza also however elaborated saying, “but I want to say that in all those spots, there are some irregularities that required expert lawyers to unpack each one of them.
“So when you have a forensic report like that and its showing four absolutely key areas, it’s not the kind of report you simply present to the public. It needs to be unpacked, and presented not only to the public, but also to parliament.”