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Broken down cars cause havoc in parliament
29 Jul 2015 at 11:18hrs | Views
OUTSPOKEN legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has urged the speaker of parliament Jacob Mudenda to forcible remove broken down cars that are taking up parking space in parliament.
Misihairabwi-Mushonga said she counted 26 cars amid reports that one of the vehicle belong to former speaker Austin Zvoma.
According to the Parliamentary Hansard, there was an announcement on Tuesday in parliament that there are which are improperly parked.
In her address, Misihairabwi-Mushonga said the police should be called in to remove the cars.
She said "Mr. Speaker, just to clarify what is happening in case you have not heard. There are vehicles in that car park that are permanently there and broken down.
"Literally, the reason we are not having parking space for hon. members is there was a time that you gave a ruling that all those cars should be moved from the parking space" she said.
" They all have come back. If they were all to be removed, there would absolutely be no problem for hon. members to go I counted them today Hon. Speaker and there are 26 cars that you can tell are not moving and have been parked there for some time because they are dead".
At that point she was interjected by another MP who said ‘Pane yaZvoma'.
Misihairabwi-Mushonga then continued " We are please asking you to again enforce it before you allow the police to deal with us dishonourably. I think it is important to also enforce the same spirit for those people that have parked in that place because it is not theirs".
Mudenda said " I take it seriously and will ensure that by next week, all those unclaimed or broken down vehicles are removed from there".
Misihairabwi-Mushonga said she counted 26 cars amid reports that one of the vehicle belong to former speaker Austin Zvoma.
According to the Parliamentary Hansard, there was an announcement on Tuesday in parliament that there are which are improperly parked.
In her address, Misihairabwi-Mushonga said the police should be called in to remove the cars.
She said "Mr. Speaker, just to clarify what is happening in case you have not heard. There are vehicles in that car park that are permanently there and broken down.
"Literally, the reason we are not having parking space for hon. members is there was a time that you gave a ruling that all those cars should be moved from the parking space" she said.
" They all have come back. If they were all to be removed, there would absolutely be no problem for hon. members to go I counted them today Hon. Speaker and there are 26 cars that you can tell are not moving and have been parked there for some time because they are dead".
At that point she was interjected by another MP who said ‘Pane yaZvoma'.
Misihairabwi-Mushonga then continued " We are please asking you to again enforce it before you allow the police to deal with us dishonourably. I think it is important to also enforce the same spirit for those people that have parked in that place because it is not theirs".
Mudenda said " I take it seriously and will ensure that by next week, all those unclaimed or broken down vehicles are removed from there".
Source - Byo24News
