$6.8bn govt funds saga raises dust - The Standard

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$6.8bn govt funds saga raises dust - The Standard

Jacob Mudenda, the speaker of Parliament, yesterday told a pre-budget seminar for legislators in Victoria Falls that the Finance ministry must regularise the expenditure as a matter of urgency.

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