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Government marginalizing Bulawayo - MP
10 Oct 2015 at 09:35hrs | Views
Zanu-PF Mpopoma-Pelandaba legislator, Joseph Tshuma has said Government is marginalising Bulawayo by not taking keen interest in re-opening Ekusileni Medical Centre.
Ekusileni hospital has been lying idle since 2004.
It temporarily opened but quickly shut down.
Tshuma expressed his concern in parliament this week.
"This hospital was a brainchild of the late father of the nation, Dr. Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, but after all these years and after NSSA poured in millions and millions of dollars to construct that hospital, it is so disappointing to note that up to today, that hospital is still not functional.
"We were told about a company called Phodiso from South Africa that had come and it would have brought all the equipment and money that was needed for that hospital to come up. Somehow again, somebody somewhere is stopping that project from taking off."
"I am asking myself, are we really taking these things seriously? Are we really sure that we want to develop our nation collectively?"
Ekusileni hospital has been lying idle since 2004.
It temporarily opened but quickly shut down.
Tshuma expressed his concern in parliament this week.
"This hospital was a brainchild of the late father of the nation, Dr. Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, but after all these years and after NSSA poured in millions and millions of dollars to construct that hospital, it is so disappointing to note that up to today, that hospital is still not functional.
"We were told about a company called Phodiso from South Africa that had come and it would have brought all the equipment and money that was needed for that hospital to come up. Somehow again, somebody somewhere is stopping that project from taking off."
"I am asking myself, are we really taking these things seriously? Are we really sure that we want to develop our nation collectively?"
Source - Byo24News
