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Former student leader Job Sikhala, the maverick politician from the Movement for Democratic Change is back in the limelight. And the media has swallowed the bait. He claims to have rejoined the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai because he has realised that egos are not getting them anywhere. There is need for people to unite to bring back democracy to Zimbabwe.

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Zimbabwe’s parliament has brought up a very timely subject- corruption- because it is killing the country. As one legislator said, it is worse than AIDS because it kills the innocent. But parliament got it wrong from the start by exonerating some people. This is not right. There should be no sacred cows. Everyone must be made accountable.

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Belgium, which pressed the European Union to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe’s diamonds, is now trying to cash in on the diamonds and is promising better returns than any other market.

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Chikwinya in trouble – The Member of Parliament for Mbizo Settlement Chikwinya is in trouble. He could be charged with contempt of Parliament for claiming that Speaker Jacob Mudenda had watered down the motion on good governance which was proposed by Kambuzuma legislator Willias Madzimure, the Speaker said today. Chikwinya seconded the motion. Mudenda said all amendments to Madzimure’s motion were agreed with him. Madzimure actually thanked Mudenda for seeing the motion through saying that the secretariat wanted to block it. Chikwinya was quite harsh on corrupt leaders especially those heading state enterprises. He said that since Zimbabwe had adopted a Look East policy it must follow the example of China and hang corrupt parastatal bosses because they were not only killing the organisations that they worked for the people as a whole. “Since we have now looked East Mr. Speaker, the Chinese, if I can take them into cognisance, have put capital punishment to corruption. If you are found being corrupt and working for a parastatal in China, you face capital punishment because you are not only killing the organisation which you are working for. You are killing the State and the State is the public,” he said.

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Mbizo Member of Parliament Settlement Chikwinya insists that former Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation chairman Godwills Masimirembwa who was named by President Robert Mugabe last year as having been involved in a US$6 million diamond scam involving a Ghanaian company still has a case to answer.

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A Member of Parliament has asked how Zimbabwe manages to import goods valued at US$8 billion when its exports are only US$3 billion.

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Zimbabwe’s police are so corrupt that you can travel with a dead body from the South African border to Chirundu on the Zambian border without proper papers, a Member of Parliament said this week.

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President Robert Mugabe has once again promised that heads will roll as he tries to curb corruption. He said he had received a report that one lady Member of Parliament and a cabinet minister had demanded bribes to pave way for an investor only last week.

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The Member of Parliament for Beitbridge West Metrine Mudau has admitted that the previous parliament was not working because they were “busy hiding behind the inclusive government”.

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Job Sikhala, who recently denied meeting Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai at the weekend when he addressed a rally in Chitungwiza has rejoined the party, Tsvangirai announced today.

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