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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir Imagine Joice Mujuru standing up in the National Assembly during Question time to ask about Government policies. How about Didymus Mutasa and Nicholas Goche doing the same as backbenchers?
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir The Second Session of the Eighth Parliament kicked off a few weeks ago. Sadly, hope in seeing the revolutionary party’s MPs being active in moving motions in both Houses is fast dying.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir Recent revelations that Energy and Power Development Deputy Minister Munacho Mutezo coerced Zesa to deposit money into a Zanu-PF Manicaland Women’s League bank account vindicates long held views that some Government officials were abusing their positions to loot resources from parastatals,
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir Side-by-side, male and female, Zanu-PF and one of the MDCs’ representatives, formed a procession as they entered the august House to listen to President Mugabe outline the legislative agenda for the Second Session of the Eighth Parliament.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir The Chinese are here, the Russians came and now Britain is about to send its high-powered business delegation at the end of this month to explore investment opportunities that they shunned for over a decade.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir The demolition of illegal houses in Chitungwiza and Epworth, and the intention to apply the same heavy-handedness in Harare, have dominated news headlines in recent weeks, only playing second fiddle to factionalism within political parties in competing for catchy headlines. Chitungwiza and Epworth municipalities destroyed some structures, while Harare
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa came up with a number of fiscal measures when he presented the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review re-cently.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir Things were coming to a halt, fuel stations had more queues than fuel, supermarkets had condoms and tea leaves, sadza had become an endangered meal with institutions of higher learning turned into war zones as students demonstrated
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir The withdrawal of 25-year leases from Zanu-PF heavyweights in Save Valley Conservancy in Chiredzi who are believed to have been double-dipping has come as good news to progressive Zimbabweans. Finally, the revolutionary party has decided to bite the bullet and correct its wrongs by putting the majority first ahead of […]
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir “Some of us have now developed an insatiable appetite to spend money that we don’t have,” are words attributed to the late national hero and Masvingo South legislator Cde Eddison Zvobgo. Temba Mliswa is another outspoken MP of our generation, especially on issues to do
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir “When it comes to tenders, something which I have noticed and which worries me, is the dominance of briefcase businesses in the tender system,” charged Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa on Wednesday while officially opening a Buy
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir What is most disturbing is that some portfolio committees chaired by Zanu-PF MPs resemble praise sessions when they summon ministers to appear before them.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir One of the traditional roles of MPs is to represent their constituents, therefore it comes as no surprise when they want to take over roles of sleeping executives of State institutions. Joel Gabbuza, the MDC-T National Assembly Member for Binga South, made an important point in the National
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir Politicians, especially Members of Parliament, are the most scrutinised and castigated for any wrongdoing whether it is to do with their parliamentary roles or private lives.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir The criteria used in appointing board members of parastatals need serious interrogation. Yes, qualifications and specifications have been put in place but sometimes they are too broad, thus allowing the appointing officers to assign their people to protect their own interests rather than those of the nation.