ZIMBABWE’S Parliament’s Committee on Standing Rules and Orders has removed Bikita South legislator Energy Mutodi as the chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Investment Promotion.
The removal was announced by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, during its sitting yesterday and was done on terms of the Parliament’s Standing Rules and Orders.
A letter from Zimbabwe’s speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda informed Mutodi of his dismissal from the committee chairmanship. He has since been replaced by Chipinge East MP Lincoln Dhliwayo.”
“This serves to notify you that pursuant to Standing Order No. 19 of the National Assembly, the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (CSRO) has resolved to terminate your tenure as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Investment Promotion with immediate effect.
“Consequently, all benefits and entitlements attendant upon the said role shall likewise be discontinued forthwith. Please be guided accordingly,” reads the letter.
In a post on X last week, Mutodi claimed Parliament had received complaints regarding Guvamatanga’s conduct and alleged that he was demanding payments of between 5% and 10% from ministries and departments to facilitate Treasury disbursements.
Guvamatanga denied the allegations and Mutodi withdrew his allegations saying there was no evidence.
