THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has warned Zanu PF against politicisation of COVID-19 aid meant for vulnerable households facing hunger during the 21-day lockdown claiming deserving families have been left out of the scheme.

In a report, ZimRights accused Zanu PF of partisan distribution of aid.

The human rights lobby group alleged that the party’s supporters were the sole beneficiaries of a $200 million cushion availed by government to assist hungry families.

“Following this, ZimRights members reported that during the second week of the lockdown, there were incidents of partisan distribution of aid, listing down of names of supporters of the ruling Zanu PF party for aid,” the report read.

“There were reports of partisan aid distribution and selective listing of beneficiaries of the government funds to cushion those in the informal sector.”

During the first week of the lockdown, government announced that it would avail a monthly grant of $200 million to a million vulnerable households.

Government further announced a World Bank-funded package to assist informal traders whose work has been affected by the lockdown.

This comes after the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) raised alarm over Zimbabwe’s severe hunger status.-NewsDay