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Zanu PF trusted friends, Chinese abusing locals
17 May 2016 at 07:20hrs | Views
House of Assembly member Brain Tshuma has told parliament that the Zanu PF trusted friends from the far East, Chinese were seriously abusing and oppressing local workers.
He said MPs must known their role is to safe guard the safety of the people who voted for them.
"The first prerogative of our duty is to safeguard the very same people that we represent when we come here to Parliament. We are Members of Parliament because we are voted for to come here and represent people. Now, if we find ourselves being caught up in trying to resuscitate the economy or in trying to come out of our doldrums, and then sacrifice the very same people, we might be judged very wrongly in future," Tshuma said.
"What I want to believe is that, as much as we want to make it look lucrative and easy for people to come and invest in our country, let us not do it at the expense of our people."
He urged the MPs to try and come up with ways of trying to make sure that once the investor comes; yes with the money that desperately needed, let them not sell their souls to the devil because that is exactly what they were going to do.
"To be honest with you, I always want to ask our Finance Minister what is the exact value that China is bringing to Zimbabwe. I am not seeing it at all. I know that but I am just saying those people are abusing our people down there. I have got proof to that because some of them operate from my Constituency. People always come to my office every time complaining about the behaviour of the Chinese," Tshuma said.
"Now, Bulawayo is being earmarked as one of the Special Economic Zones, and those people will now have the liberty to do as they please. Here, I am talking merely because I have got people who send me from my Constituency, to say represent us. So, let us make laws that will protect those same people. Everything else, I agree, but when it comes to people aiwa. I want to definitely differ to say, let us protect our people, that is our mandate as this House."
He said MPs must known their role is to safe guard the safety of the people who voted for them.
"The first prerogative of our duty is to safeguard the very same people that we represent when we come here to Parliament. We are Members of Parliament because we are voted for to come here and represent people. Now, if we find ourselves being caught up in trying to resuscitate the economy or in trying to come out of our doldrums, and then sacrifice the very same people, we might be judged very wrongly in future," Tshuma said.
"What I want to believe is that, as much as we want to make it look lucrative and easy for people to come and invest in our country, let us not do it at the expense of our people."
He urged the MPs to try and come up with ways of trying to make sure that once the investor comes; yes with the money that desperately needed, let them not sell their souls to the devil because that is exactly what they were going to do.
"To be honest with you, I always want to ask our Finance Minister what is the exact value that China is bringing to Zimbabwe. I am not seeing it at all. I know that but I am just saying those people are abusing our people down there. I have got proof to that because some of them operate from my Constituency. People always come to my office every time complaining about the behaviour of the Chinese," Tshuma said.
"Now, Bulawayo is being earmarked as one of the Special Economic Zones, and those people will now have the liberty to do as they please. Here, I am talking merely because I have got people who send me from my Constituency, to say represent us. So, let us make laws that will protect those same people. Everything else, I agree, but when it comes to people aiwa. I want to definitely differ to say, let us protect our people, that is our mandate as this House."
Source - Byo24News
