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*Mphoko's Son Defends Dad's Profligacy When He Was Vice President* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?pg Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s son, Siqokoqela, has defended his father’s one-and-a-half-year stay in a hotel at taxpayers’ expense. Mphoko stayed in a hotel for more than a year after he was appointed Vice President by the late former president Robert Mugabe in 2014. ---------- Latest itel A06 on Pindula: 32GB storage, 4GB RAM $69 USD WhatsApp: +263715068543 Calls: 0772464000 ---------- Siqokoqela said the arrangement allowed the government to save a lot of money for taxpayers as his father didn’t have a maid, a lot of security, and electricity bills among other expenses. He was speaking during an online programme, This Morning on Asakhe, hosted by CITE on Twitter Space on Monday. Siqokoqela said: > Well, look when I used to go up to Harare I would meet him at the Rainbow Towers so but that was a government-owned hotel. > Having stayed in a hotel now, how much does it cost for him to stay in one room? Do you think this man never wanted to walk out in a garden? > You think he didn’t want to breathe the fresh air, he didn’t want to be on the top floor or something, so that’s no. He was at a hotel. > He stayed in a hotel for about a year and a half or something while they were looking for suitable accommodation for him. He said his father had offered to go and stay in his house in Mount Pleasant. Added Siqokoqela: > But look how much it cost? He actually saved a lot of money for the taxpayers. > The government actually saved a lot of money for taxpayers while he was taking a hotel because he didn’t have a maid, he didn’t have that security around him. > If he stayed in a mansion, you would pay 10 times more than the electricity bills. A listener identified as Douglas Mandaza said Siqokoqela was justifying the Government’s profligacy because his father is still benefiting from the system. Said Mandaza: > His father probably benefited; he is not going to say much. He probably benefited from the new government. > That’s why he still has the security. That’s why he still has the vehicles from the government. > So if he’s eating, you will probably be quiet. Hence he’s coming in here and justifying what the government is doing. *More: CITE* _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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