The CSOs who spoke with our correspodent are Transparency International , the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre and Transition Monitoring Group .
“The government has no focus and somebody now wants to use it to get money and for you to begin to revitalise and make the arms industry productive, it will take some years. “This government must minimise reckless spending and opportunity for looting and diversion of public funds in the name of producing arms.
“One of the most critical areas is the question of local production of military hardware and I think it is a low-hanging fruit when it comes to manufacturing some of the hardware that we will need. I think that there is a need, especially now to really look very closely at local production of our hardware, beginning with armament.
The vice president also stressed the need for transparency in the management of resources meant for the acquisition of hardware for the defence and security agencies.