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MDC attack Government over stranded 32 females in Kuwait
28 Apr 2016 at 13:15hrs | Views
Opposition MDC has attacked Zanu PF led government for allegedly dumping 32 stranded female Zimbabweans in Kuwait.
Flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo had to come to rescue by buying air tickets worth US$58,900 for the stranded women to get back home.
Below is MDC statement :
The Government's shameful failure to assist in the return of 32 Zimbabwean women stranded in Kuwait, effectively condemning them to an unbearable existence in a foreign land is an embarrassment to the nation.
Just recently President Mugabe just got back from one of his costly global jaunts in New York for a debate on SGDs where he took with him an entourage of no less than 20 people, gobbling up thousands of dollars. Surely if government can afford to blow $20 million in less than 6 months on President Mugabe's wasteful and useless trips abroad, it can afford to set aside $12 000 for a worthwhile cause to bring back the women stranded in Kuwait. It is a shock that up to now no plan whatsoever had been put in place to try and rescue these women, who are in the predicament they are in as a result of the very government's failure to manage the economy, turning them into paupers in their own country. A government that fails to assist its citizens and ensure their safety when they are facing such grave danger is a useless one.
Meanwhile President Mugabe and his ZANU PF bigwigs are living lavishly while the majority wallow in poverty. Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko is still living it up in a luxury hotel more than one year since his appointment, gobbling up thousands of dollars a month. Honestly we wonder how these so called leaders sleep at night. The failure to rescue the women in Kuwait is a shame that rubber stamps Robert Mugabe's legacy of failure, gluttony and cold heartedness.
Flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo had to come to rescue by buying air tickets worth US$58,900 for the stranded women to get back home.
Below is MDC statement :
Just recently President Mugabe just got back from one of his costly global jaunts in New York for a debate on SGDs where he took with him an entourage of no less than 20 people, gobbling up thousands of dollars. Surely if government can afford to blow $20 million in less than 6 months on President Mugabe's wasteful and useless trips abroad, it can afford to set aside $12 000 for a worthwhile cause to bring back the women stranded in Kuwait. It is a shock that up to now no plan whatsoever had been put in place to try and rescue these women, who are in the predicament they are in as a result of the very government's failure to manage the economy, turning them into paupers in their own country. A government that fails to assist its citizens and ensure their safety when they are facing such grave danger is a useless one.
Meanwhile President Mugabe and his ZANU PF bigwigs are living lavishly while the majority wallow in poverty. Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko is still living it up in a luxury hotel more than one year since his appointment, gobbling up thousands of dollars a month. Honestly we wonder how these so called leaders sleep at night. The failure to rescue the women in Kuwait is a shame that rubber stamps Robert Mugabe's legacy of failure, gluttony and cold heartedness.
Source - Byo24News
