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Grace Mugabe feeds 5,000 followers
06 Dec 2015 at 03:31hrs | Views
TRUE to her word, the First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, provided more than enough food for over 5 000 people who had gathered at Maphisa Growth Point in Matobo District on Thursday with the distribution spilling into Friday morning. So plentiful was the consignment brought in by Dr Mugabe that one truckload had to be sent to Gutu where she had another rally on Friday morning.
Confirming the development, Matobo North legislator Never Khanye said the distribution lasted all night.
"I have been here from yesterday (Thursday) afternoon when the distribution started and it went on all night long until today (Friday) mid-morning. Everyone who attended received food and everyone is very happy," Khanye told a Sunday News crew at Maphisa Growth Point on Friday morning.
He said the distribution was done in an orderly fashion and some people even received double portions.
"There was so much food and we realised that others were now receiving for the second time and we then stopped the distribution and channeled the truck of rice to Gutu in Masvingo where Mugabe has a rally today (Friday)," he said.
Khanye said the truckload of rice was diverted to Masvingo so as to assist those that were in need of food as his people had received enough.
The food, he said, was meant for the people of Matobo District but they also distributed to those that came from surrounding districts like Beitbridge, Insiza and Umzingwane who came to support them.
The chairman for Ward 20 in Insiza, Mr Thembisani Dube, who was still at the growth point on Friday mid-morning together with scores of people from the district, said they were happy about the gesture by the First Lady.
"We are pleased by the food aid we received as you can see we slept here as the distribution was done throughout the night, some of us only got our share early in the morning and we are ready to leave for Insiza," he said.
He said the process was fair and people managed to get something out of the whole consignment.
Mrs Lizzy Chikosi, also from Insiza, said she was happy that she had food to take back to her family and applauded the First Lady for remembering her children as she is the mother of the nation.
"A mother never forgets her children and this is what Amai has done, she has remembered to feed us her children and we are forever grateful for this," she said.
Khanye further said food meant for drought relief is already available.
"Parts of the district that are in need of food aid will be getting their share soon as maize has already been delivered to the Grain Marketing Board. In Matobo at least five out of 14 wards are in dire need of food," he said.
"We asked the First Lady to inform the President that we need assistance to construct dams as all the water from our rivers flows directly in to the Limpopo River. We have to harness that water and have irrigation schemes in each ward that will benefit us as a district."
Several parts of Matobo have very low rainfall patterns and are constantly in need of food aid yearly, the irrigation schemes will change their fortunes if they manage to harness water from the major rivers.
Confirming the development, Matobo North legislator Never Khanye said the distribution lasted all night.
"I have been here from yesterday (Thursday) afternoon when the distribution started and it went on all night long until today (Friday) mid-morning. Everyone who attended received food and everyone is very happy," Khanye told a Sunday News crew at Maphisa Growth Point on Friday morning.
He said the distribution was done in an orderly fashion and some people even received double portions.
"There was so much food and we realised that others were now receiving for the second time and we then stopped the distribution and channeled the truck of rice to Gutu in Masvingo where Mugabe has a rally today (Friday)," he said.
Khanye said the truckload of rice was diverted to Masvingo so as to assist those that were in need of food as his people had received enough.
The food, he said, was meant for the people of Matobo District but they also distributed to those that came from surrounding districts like Beitbridge, Insiza and Umzingwane who came to support them.
The chairman for Ward 20 in Insiza, Mr Thembisani Dube, who was still at the growth point on Friday mid-morning together with scores of people from the district, said they were happy about the gesture by the First Lady.
"We are pleased by the food aid we received as you can see we slept here as the distribution was done throughout the night, some of us only got our share early in the morning and we are ready to leave for Insiza," he said.
He said the process was fair and people managed to get something out of the whole consignment.
Mrs Lizzy Chikosi, also from Insiza, said she was happy that she had food to take back to her family and applauded the First Lady for remembering her children as she is the mother of the nation.
"A mother never forgets her children and this is what Amai has done, she has remembered to feed us her children and we are forever grateful for this," she said.
Khanye further said food meant for drought relief is already available.
"Parts of the district that are in need of food aid will be getting their share soon as maize has already been delivered to the Grain Marketing Board. In Matobo at least five out of 14 wards are in dire need of food," he said.
"We asked the First Lady to inform the President that we need assistance to construct dams as all the water from our rivers flows directly in to the Limpopo River. We have to harness that water and have irrigation schemes in each ward that will benefit us as a district."
Several parts of Matobo have very low rainfall patterns and are constantly in need of food aid yearly, the irrigation schemes will change their fortunes if they manage to harness water from the major rivers.
Source - sundanews
