New Cabinet 2018: Do or die
increase dynamism and curb corruption somehow.
National service Would it be bad if we recommended the following; Vehicles: let them buy from their salaries through credit facilities availed to them through their respective banks. Communication: let us have social media updates from the respective Cabinet members.
Remuneration: should go pro-bono for the initial six months so that once they “have killed”, they can then eat. They are responsible for our welfare let them sacrifice, this is not a gravy train.
Other Perks: Let perks and salaries be pegged at reasonable levels with no excesses. Other perks should be in loans or footed from their modest salaries otherwise let them offer a national patriotic service to the people.
An independent central bank I will expect my ex-boss Professor Mthuli Ncube to set up an independent RBZ that will play financial police to these ministries and Government at large.
Deputy ministers The time has come to abolish these and save money going forward. We are a small country we can do without them unless if they are willing to do voluntary services work more like internship.
Constitutional amendments Strategically so as to engage more technocrats it will be wise to just select from across the board foregoing that one has to be a Member of Parliament? While at it, is the Senate necessary? In future further reduction to the magic 10-15 Cabinet numbers is ideal for a country like Zimbabwe with its young population. Merge or discard other ministries. Resident ministers vs provincial
administrators One of the two has to go, it’s duplication of roles and waste of resources. We can’t afford it. By the same token mayors vs town clerks is kind of tautology.
Monthly appraisal Effect performance appraisal on a monthly basis with six months probation period without pay, of course. They have to justify their existence. Let’s assume these Cabinet ministers are Grade 7 pupils and every month we gauge their performance by either making them proceed to Form 1, repeat Grade 7 or drop them off from school and let them try other avenues of acquiring knowledge or skill depending on how they will have fared on a scale of 1-10 (1 being under performance). 0-4 discontinue, 5-6 repeat, 7-9 proceed, 10 go to lower 6 (give them another ministry).