The government of Zimbabwe has come under fire after it emerges that they spent an equivalent of Kes 15 million on importation of judges wigs from UK.
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The Zimbabwe independent newspaper stated that the Judicial Service Commission placed an order for 64 horse hair wigs from Stanley Ley Legal Outfitter in London at a cost of Kes 244,542 each thus totaling to Kes 15 million for all of them.
Lawyers and human rights activists have expressed their anger on such a move stating its a complete mismanagement of funds.
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Hopewell Chin’ono, a leading Zimbabwean journalist and documentary filmmaker questioned how a government can allocate Kes 15 million on wigs when the same government can afford bandages and betadine for infants in pediatric wards.
