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Ministers urged to shine, few months before elections
28 Mar 2018 at 07:29hrs | Views
Norton Legisltaor Temba Mliswa has urged the ministers to shine before the elections this year as a way of showing the electorate that they know how to service them.
Mliswa made the remarks in parliament.
"We have only got 4 or 5 months left before elections, I think this is the time for people to shine, even Ministers to be seen working. We are already in the old dispensation; the same habits that they had with the former President, they are still doing that and they say you cannot teach old dog new tricks. Honestly speaking, we cannot have this situation when the economy of the country is...we need to know and they must report to us on the 100 days," he said.
"Has it progressed well, has it not progressed well? This Parliament continuously and the Chair has always warned the Ministers with impunity but they ignore. We have got senior Ministers here who we appreciate, Hon. Amb. Simon Khaya Moyo and July Moyo, who are seasoned, but economic issues need the Minister of Finance and Economic Development to be present. He is not here, he is now behaving like the special advisor to the President; he is being sent to the UK when the House is on fire."
He said Zimbabwe is on fire economically, the queues are still there, and then how are they going to answer to the people about the queues considering elections are near?
"He has been given a job by the President to address issues from an economic point of view. For as long as the queues are getting longer, there is no address on the economic issues. We need him to respond to such issues because we are under pressure as Members of Parliament," he said.
"It is important that the Chair and Parliament shows that it has teeth, we are disregarded and disrespected by Ministers and it is about time that a decision is taken moving forward."
Mliswa made the remarks in parliament.
"We have only got 4 or 5 months left before elections, I think this is the time for people to shine, even Ministers to be seen working. We are already in the old dispensation; the same habits that they had with the former President, they are still doing that and they say you cannot teach old dog new tricks. Honestly speaking, we cannot have this situation when the economy of the country is...we need to know and they must report to us on the 100 days," he said.
"Has it progressed well, has it not progressed well? This Parliament continuously and the Chair has always warned the Ministers with impunity but they ignore. We have got senior Ministers here who we appreciate, Hon. Amb. Simon Khaya Moyo and July Moyo, who are seasoned, but economic issues need the Minister of Finance and Economic Development to be present. He is not here, he is now behaving like the special advisor to the President; he is being sent to the UK when the House is on fire."
He said Zimbabwe is on fire economically, the queues are still there, and then how are they going to answer to the people about the queues considering elections are near?
"He has been given a job by the President to address issues from an economic point of view. For as long as the queues are getting longer, there is no address on the economic issues. We need him to respond to such issues because we are under pressure as Members of Parliament," he said.
"It is important that the Chair and Parliament shows that it has teeth, we are disregarded and disrespected by Ministers and it is about time that a decision is taken moving forward."
Source - Byo24News
