Dear Sir/Madam

REF: SUSPECTED ABUSE OF DONOR FUNDS FOR INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING PROGRAMME [IRS] BY MoHCC.

I write this letter to raise alarm on what l suspect to be a case of Donor Fund abuse meant for indoor Residual Spraying programme or Malaria Control programme specifically for Mashonaland Central Province (Ministry of Health and Child Care).

Allowances meant for food for October, November and December 2019 are not yet disbursed despite that the programme was done and closed on 21/12/2019.[Suspected Case 1].

Allowances for Spray Operators for October 2019 are not yet paid but November and December 2019 allowances were disbursed. [Suspected case 2].

There are also other Spray Operators not paid their allowances for December 2018 to date. It is also similar to other Spray Operators and Supervisors who are not yet given their allowances despite their Bank Accounts being active. In these cases Banks are demanding Reference Numbers from the Ministry but the Ministry is not complying in releasing Reference Numbers thereby starving those who provided the much needed services. Some cadres have not received their allowances for the whole programme. [Suspected Case 3].

Lorries for the same programme undergo servicing before the programme but their condition well after servicing leaves a lot to be desired. [Suspected Case 4].

Kindly note that this is a request to ZACC to launch an investigation into the handling of Allowances for Spray Operators and Supervisors by the Ministry of Health and Child Care.