In a rather sad development, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has reportedly confiscated 100 donated canes for the blind, which were donated by Kanthary International, an Indian organisation, instead of handing them over to Robert Malunda, a Bulawayo based blind graduate who requested for the donation.
Below is the full post from Chris Tabvura a Facebook user who highlighted the issue.
Honestly, our ZIMRA has become clueless on the way they raise money. ZIMRA confiscated 100 donated canes for blind people, instead of handing them over to Robert Malunda, a Bulawayo based blind graduate who is surviving through selling Airtime. Malunda had requested for the donation from an Indian organisation Kanthary International and was given the donation to help fellow visually challenged colleagues who have been facing problem of hit and run by reckless drivers. Now that ZIMRA with educated professionals and respected Ministry are forcibly taking what was donated for the blind, what will become of these disadvantaged people? According to Malunda, ZIMRA is demanding US$430.00 as duty for donated walking sticks from India to be specific. Does our government care for the blind or want them to be knocked by motorists daily?
