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'Gukurahundi genocide can be resolved if Ndebeles pay for 19th Century raids'

by NewZimbabwe.com
16 Mar 2017 at 18:09hrs | Views

Gukurahundi genocide can only be resolved if the Ndebele people first pay lobola and compensate Shonas for abducting and forcing into marriage young girls and raiding cattle from the same in the 19th century a Zanu-PF MP has said.

According to NewZimbabwe.com, Marondera Central MP, Lawrence Katsiru, said this Wednesday while making his contributions to the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) Bill parliamentary public meeting at Mbuya Nehanda Hall in the Mashonland East capital.

"I agree with the Bill for various reasons. Our sisters and cattle were taken in Mashonaland by the Ndebeles," said Katsiru before he was booed down by other participants.

"They (Ndebeles) should pay lobola for kidnapping and forcing our sisters into marriage. They should compensate for the cattle they stole from Mashonaland. I was in Bulawayo during the Entumbane uprisings in early 1970s (the distabances actually took place in the early 1980s) and I saw Shonas being murdered in the streets because they could not speak Ndebele. These people should be compensated; then we should consider paying for Gukurahundi."

The NPRC bill has been brought back for public hearings after it was rejected by the same public in 2015 as they raised complaints over how it gave the Executive much oversight role over the operations of the commission.

Source - NewZimbabwe.com