By writer to www.pindula.co.zw
Award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono mentioned that the 32 choppers purchased by the Authorities from Russia are overpriced and the acquisition of the planes is a manifestation of misplaced priorities.
Posting on Twitter, Chin’ono mentioned every Kazan Ansat chopper prices US$2.5 million however the Zimbabwean Authorities paid US$10 million for every. Wrote Chin’ono:
Now that we all know a model new Kazan Ansat helicopter like those ZANUPF Authorities introduced from Russia prices US$2.5 million, and that ZANU PF mentioned it paid US$10 million for every of the 32 choppers totaling US$320 million, do you now see what I meant once I mentioned that this was looting of public funds!
Opposition politicians, please go and do your work, the info is right here, and while at it, discover out whether or not this was not a donation in spite of everything.
If it wasn’t a donation, discover out if these choppers are model new.
If there are model new, it means US$240 million was LOOTED.
US$240 million would run all of Zimbabwe’s central hospitals for five years, it could purchase 120 radiotherapy most cancers remedy machines, it could construct 6,486 maternity theaters.
Zimbabwe doesn’t have a single working radiotherapy most cancers machine, its largest hospital solely has one working maternity theater in-built 1977 by Ian Smith’s regime.
Its central hospitals don’t have IV paracetamol and the entire caps Itai metropolis has lower than 15 dialysis machines which are working.
A dialysis machine prices as little as US$2000, the loot of US$240 million would purchase 120,000 dialysis machines!
What was that Statutory Instrument for, by the best way, the unlawful one which didn’t need you to know the value of hospital tools together with ambulances?
Air ambulances, oh, I see!
In line with Staff Pachedu, Russia “dumped” the helicopters in Zimbabwe as isn’t any extra engine help for Ansat helicopters which the southern African nation purchased. Said Team Pachedu:
Russia dumped helicopters in Zimbabwe. Pratt & Whitney (Canada) stopped supplying Russia with PW207Okay engines attributable to sanctions & Russia is now changing them with Russian VK-650V engines.
There is no such thing as a extra engine help for Ansat helicopters and these are what Zimbabwe obtained.
In line with ZimLive, the Ansat is constructed to a basic single-rotor design with a four-blade important rotor and a two-blade tail rotor.
It has a high velocity of 275 km/h and may fly continuous for 505 kilometers at a most peak of 18,000 ft (5,500 meters).
Extra: Pindula News
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