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New
survey on Murambatsvina
Njabulo Ncube, The Financial Gazette
Janaury 11, 2006
http://www.fingaz.co.zw/story.aspx?stid=512
A FRESH survey
is underway to verify the number of people affected by Operation
Murambatsvina in the wake of government’s protestations that the
figure produced by United Nations envoy Annan Tibaijuka was "exaggerated".
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) resident representative
Augustino Zechariahs said regional teams were on the ground to double-check
the figures that have caused so much concern among human rights
groups.
The UN said at least 700 000 people were rendered homeless, while
2.4 million others were deprived of their livelihoods by Operation
Murambatsvina. Harare, which accused Tibaijuka of using value-laden
judgmental language in compiling her report, flatly dismissed the
figures.
"Yes, there has been concern within the government on the figures
of people affected by Operation Murambatsvina. In that regard, we
are undertaking another survey as requested by the government,"
Zechariahs told journalists in Harare.
He said the UNDP did not doubt the authenticity of Tibaijuka’s report
but was undertaking the new survey at the behest of the government.
He said: "We
need to prove to them that the figures are correct."
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