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Zanu-PF killed 4 000 with cholera - Tsvangirai
23 Jun 2012 at 15:09hrs | Views
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday blamed President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF government for the 2008 cholera outbreak that resulted in more than 4000 deaths.
The deaths came following a total collapse of the water supply system in the country.
Speaking during a tour of Firle Sewage Treatment Plant on the outskirts of Harare, Tsvangirai who along with Mugabe formed a coalition government in 2009 which helped contain the raging outbreak, said politicians often make decisions that do not address the challenges of the day.
"I was asking the mayor (Muchadeyi Masunda) what gave the government the reason to assign the running of water to Zinwa. No one has been able to explain to me why Zinwa was 4 000 deaths: PM blames Zanu-PF allowed to run water supplies," Tsvangirai.
The premier said political decisions are to blame for outbreaks of diseases such as cholera which is still simmering as the country is yet to fully contain it.
"Why put the whole city at risk? This is where politicians make mistakes as they take political decisions over matters that are technical in nature. Why do you introduce politics where there is no need for politics? The reason why the country is not able to move forward is sometimes we make decisions that have nothing to do with the challenges we have got," said Tsvangirai.
"We need water in the city. We cannot be a city that is accused in this age of having cholera outbreaks. It is out of step that in 2012 we should experience cholera and other diseases that are long gone and have nothing to do with the modern age," said Tsvangirai.
The deaths came following a total collapse of the water supply system in the country.
Speaking during a tour of Firle Sewage Treatment Plant on the outskirts of Harare, Tsvangirai who along with Mugabe formed a coalition government in 2009 which helped contain the raging outbreak, said politicians often make decisions that do not address the challenges of the day.
The premier said political decisions are to blame for outbreaks of diseases such as cholera which is still simmering as the country is yet to fully contain it.
"Why put the whole city at risk? This is where politicians make mistakes as they take political decisions over matters that are technical in nature. Why do you introduce politics where there is no need for politics? The reason why the country is not able to move forward is sometimes we make decisions that have nothing to do with the challenges we have got," said Tsvangirai.
"We need water in the city. We cannot be a city that is accused in this age of having cholera outbreaks. It is out of step that in 2012 we should experience cholera and other diseases that are long gone and have nothing to do with the modern age," said Tsvangirai.
Source - DailyNews
