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Mphoko's storming police station defended
08 Jun 2017 at 06:53hrs | Views
VP Mphoko - ©Byo24News/Nkosilathi Gumede
Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni yesterday defended Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko for allegedly storming Bulawayo Central Police Station questioning why some Zanu-PF youth had been arrested.
Responding to a question in the National Assembly from MDC-T MP for Budiriro, Costa Machingauta, Mguni said Mphoko would never do an unconstitutional thing and police do not take illegal orders.
"The Vice-President is a very important man with huge responsibilities," Mguni said. "I am sure he would not do an illegal thing. Secondly, our police officers are trained in a professional manner that they would not agree to such a thing (releasing suspects)."
Meanwhile, the Cabinet committee on agriculture and food security is today set to meet and draft modalities for the proposed command agriculture-livestock sector before the programme is fully launched.
Responding to questions from MDC Proportional Representation MP Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, Agriculture minister Joseph Made said the committee would be chaired by Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
"After the meeting of the committee, we shall then present the proposal to Cabinet for consideration. But the project will be done in the same manner we did with command agriculture targeting crops," He said.
The government has announced plans to launch command agriculture-livestock as a way of boosting the country's livestock head count.
Made said the project would focus on cattle and then move to small livestock.
"This is a national project and it will be done in all provinces. So we don't have a modality which I can for now say we are undertaking," he said.
Responding to a question in the National Assembly from MDC-T MP for Budiriro, Costa Machingauta, Mguni said Mphoko would never do an unconstitutional thing and police do not take illegal orders.
"The Vice-President is a very important man with huge responsibilities," Mguni said. "I am sure he would not do an illegal thing. Secondly, our police officers are trained in a professional manner that they would not agree to such a thing (releasing suspects)."
Meanwhile, the Cabinet committee on agriculture and food security is today set to meet and draft modalities for the proposed command agriculture-livestock sector before the programme is fully launched.
"After the meeting of the committee, we shall then present the proposal to Cabinet for consideration. But the project will be done in the same manner we did with command agriculture targeting crops," He said.
The government has announced plans to launch command agriculture-livestock as a way of boosting the country's livestock head count.
Made said the project would focus on cattle and then move to small livestock.
"This is a national project and it will be done in all provinces. So we don't have a modality which I can for now say we are undertaking," he said.
Source - newsday
