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It's not my mission to rescue unfortunate young ladies in Kuwait - Mudenda
04 May 2016 at 21:37hrs | Views
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has made stunning revelations saying he did not lead a delegation to "rescue" trafficked women in Kuwait.
Last week there where widespread media reports that Mudenda was in Kuwait to rescue 32 trafficked women.
During a parliamentary session on Tuesday, legislators took turns to praise Mudenda. However, he set 'the record straight'.
"While we appreciate your complements, let me put certain facts straight.
"I led the delegation on invitation by the Speaker of the National Assembly in Kuwait.
"It was not our mission to go and rescue those unfortunate young ladies".
He went on" Secondly, the Speaker does not lead the Committee on Foreign Affairs. I was leading a delegation of Members of Parliament and I think the papers were mischievous to suggest that Hon. Paradza was the co-leader of the delegation. That was very unfortunate.
"When we got there, on our bilateral visit to exchange best practices with the Kuwait Parliament, it was then that we were advised by our ambassador of the desperate situation in which those 32 young ladies found themselves.
"Our going to Kuwait had nothing to do with rescuing those 32 unfortunate ladies. However, after being told the horrendous stories that had taken place, affecting those young ladies, the delegation then decided that we would not come back without those young ladies. We took a stand, which was accepted without question by the authorities from the Kuwait Government, led by the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. That is the context that we must understand the situation".
Mudenda said he does not "suggest that we regret having brought those children, we do not. We thought we tried our best to salvage the situation".
Last week there where widespread media reports that Mudenda was in Kuwait to rescue 32 trafficked women.
During a parliamentary session on Tuesday, legislators took turns to praise Mudenda. However, he set 'the record straight'.
"While we appreciate your complements, let me put certain facts straight.
"I led the delegation on invitation by the Speaker of the National Assembly in Kuwait.
"It was not our mission to go and rescue those unfortunate young ladies".
He went on" Secondly, the Speaker does not lead the Committee on Foreign Affairs. I was leading a delegation of Members of Parliament and I think the papers were mischievous to suggest that Hon. Paradza was the co-leader of the delegation. That was very unfortunate.
"When we got there, on our bilateral visit to exchange best practices with the Kuwait Parliament, it was then that we were advised by our ambassador of the desperate situation in which those 32 young ladies found themselves.
"Our going to Kuwait had nothing to do with rescuing those 32 unfortunate ladies. However, after being told the horrendous stories that had taken place, affecting those young ladies, the delegation then decided that we would not come back without those young ladies. We took a stand, which was accepted without question by the authorities from the Kuwait Government, led by the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. That is the context that we must understand the situation".
Mudenda said he does not "suggest that we regret having brought those children, we do not. We thought we tried our best to salvage the situation".
Source - Byo24News
