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Women do not love each other- Chief Musarurwa
23 Jun 2016 at 15:28hrs | Views
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Chief Musarurwa has claimed that women do not love each other a move he said is stumbling all efforts being made to empower them in the country.
Speaking in Parliament, Musarurwa said women went to see and learn from other countries and came back enlightened.
"I saw it befitting that I should leave this House with a few words of encouragement to the women and give them the highest honour because of their importance. We can look down upon them but we will be lost when we do that. A chief is born by a woman after nine months," he said.
"The mother will be uncomfortable when the unborn chief is troubling her but she will soldier on. They give birth to Ministers, Presidents and the wise people like President Mugabe, all that comes from mothers, hence the honour that should be bestowed upon mothers."
He said people can claim to be equal but mothers are very important and as people who are well versed in culture.
"We know that mothers are very important. In our Shona culture, one can be at loggerheads with one's father and there will be no avenging spirits but that is not so with mothers. So mothers are very important, that is why I stood in support of this motion as a father and chief," he said.
"I remember this issue of women being debated in Zimbabwe. We held a lot of fora so that you attain your current status and we were wholly behind you. The problem that you have as women is that you do not love each other. You must show each other genuine love to the extent that when a woman stands up and you also want that portfolio, you do not fight but stand united and support each other."
He said during elections, when a man and woman are gunning for the same post, women vote for the man in large numbers.
"So who will support you when you do such things? We are saying that you should be united as women even those who are in polygamous unions should be united," he said. "Already you are displaying jealousy against each other and not against the man because you will try to fight the other woman. That is very bad, you should be united and stand as one."
"You are the same women who are marrying off young girls. You should be united and come up with one thing. With these few words, be united and love one another as we love you."
Speaking in Parliament, Musarurwa said women went to see and learn from other countries and came back enlightened.
"I saw it befitting that I should leave this House with a few words of encouragement to the women and give them the highest honour because of their importance. We can look down upon them but we will be lost when we do that. A chief is born by a woman after nine months," he said.
"The mother will be uncomfortable when the unborn chief is troubling her but she will soldier on. They give birth to Ministers, Presidents and the wise people like President Mugabe, all that comes from mothers, hence the honour that should be bestowed upon mothers."
He said people can claim to be equal but mothers are very important and as people who are well versed in culture.
"We know that mothers are very important. In our Shona culture, one can be at loggerheads with one's father and there will be no avenging spirits but that is not so with mothers. So mothers are very important, that is why I stood in support of this motion as a father and chief," he said.
"I remember this issue of women being debated in Zimbabwe. We held a lot of fora so that you attain your current status and we were wholly behind you. The problem that you have as women is that you do not love each other. You must show each other genuine love to the extent that when a woman stands up and you also want that portfolio, you do not fight but stand united and support each other."
He said during elections, when a man and woman are gunning for the same post, women vote for the man in large numbers.
"So who will support you when you do such things? We are saying that you should be united as women even those who are in polygamous unions should be united," he said. "Already you are displaying jealousy against each other and not against the man because you will try to fight the other woman. That is very bad, you should be united and stand as one."
"You are the same women who are marrying off young girls. You should be united and come up with one thing. With these few words, be united and love one another as we love you."
Source - Byo24News
