Don’t bring your arrogance to Parliament, Kirsty told

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has told Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry that she should not to be arrogant when answering questions in the National Assembly. This came after the Minister refused to answer the issue of US$740 000 ZIFA money which was allegedly transferred to an individual’s account. Minister Coventry said Honourable Mliswa should first avail …

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I am complimenting Matutu and Tsenengamu says Mliswa

@TembaMliswa : I have come to compliment Lewis Matutu & Godfrey Tsenengamu’s noise. They did not have the evidence, but now i have it….we must start a revolution to reclaim what is ours from the white monopoly.#OpenParlyZW — Open Parly ZW (@OpenParlyZw) February 26, 2020

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Our tablets have no sim-card slots, how do we use them: MP

Kadoma Central legislator Muchineripi Chinyanganya has asked Parliament to explain how they are supposed to use their new Samsung tablets adding that they have no sim-card slots. Legislators received (Samsung) ICT-tablets a few weeks ago in a move meant to reduce printing costs for Parliament, however, the legislators appear to be having a torrid time …

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We are used to I-phones, teach us to use Samsung, says MPs

Legislators have asked Parliament to make an arrangement for them to be taught on how to use Samsung tablets, adding that they are used to I-phones. The tablets are part of a long list of luxury demands that legislators have made to the government in the past years. Speaking in the National Assembly, Norton legislator …

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Mliswa accuses Mudenda of sitting on investigation report

By Own Correspondent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has accused the Speaker of National Assembly Jacob Mudenda of deliberately delaying in releasing the investigation report on legislators who were accused of asking for a facilitation bribe from an investor. The legislators, Temba Mliswa (Norton), Leonard Chikomba (Gokwe-Kabuyuni), Anele Ndebele (Magwegwe) and Prince Dubeko Sibanda (Binga North) …

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Mthuli increases CDF to ZW$175K

By Daniel Chigundu Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has revealed that the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) has been increased to about ZW$175 238 per constituency. Legislators had complained during the Supplementary Budget debate that what had been previously allocated to them in the initial 2019 budget had been eroded by inflation and changes …

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What is a budget consultation and why it is important

By James Martin The 2019 financial year has not been rosy for the Zimbabwean people after the country’s pseudo currency; the bond note drastically lost its value against the most preferred United States Dollar. Treasury and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) introduced several policy changes to bail the country’s economy but to no avail. …

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I have now matured: Honourable Prince Sibanda

By Daniel Chigundu Binga North legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda says he has now matured and will not exhibit bad behaviour in the National Assembly. Legislators have come under fire most of the time for behaving badly through hackling, singing and making noise while in the National Assembly at a time when they are supposed to …

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Spirit mediums demand recognition in the constitution:[Full Text]

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa says he was sent by some spirit mediums who were conducting some rituals in his constituency to tell Parliament that they also want to be recognised in the country’s constitution as is being done to war veterans. Mliswa said the spirit mediums complained that only Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi are …

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Spirit mediums demand recognition in the constitution:[Full Text]

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa says he was sent by some spirit mediums who were conducting some rituals in his constituency to tell Parliament that they also want to be recognised in the country’s constitution as is being done to war veterans. Mliswa said the spirit mediums complained that only Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi are …

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