Did anyone participate in the liberation struggle for Zimbabwe at all MPs asks?

HON. CHAMISA:  On a point of order Mr. Speaker.  Hon. Speaker, if you may allow us to listen to this very important contribution.  Hon. Haritatos and the other Hon. Member who is my brother, I will not mention his name, if they may just spare us the noise that is coming from those quarters so that we listen to this debate.  This is nation building, it is very important for our country.  Those who want to do whispers, I am sure the bar is open; if they may be excused to go there and do what they know best.  Thank you very much Hon. Speaker.

THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER:  Thank you very much Hon. Chamisa.  Less noise in the House Hon. Members.   Those who would want to go and discuss, please have the privilege of moving out and go to do your discussions outside.  Hon. Haritatos, I am talking to you.  Hon. Member, you may continue.    

HON. MISIHAIRABWI-MUSHONGA:  Thank you Mr. Speaker.  Like I said at the beginning of my presentation, I said I am hoping that the President will be able to sit and read through some of this.  I think some of the attitude is an attitude that we have had over time where we do not listen to each other.

Let me go back to the issue of devolution.  Mr. Speaker, devolution is just not a principle, it is a way of life.  You cannot come here and want people to be part of a developmental process if people feel that they are alienated from those that are at the centre and making decisions.  We hear this day in and day out; people outside Harare have problems with the fact that all decisions are basically made from Harare.  It has created a sense of alienation.  I come from the southern region; we are actually beginning to have situations where there is violence against particular ethnic groups because people are continuously saying if these people are not going to listen to us, we are going to physically deal with them so that they can listen to us. Right now if we do not see that as a sign of some of the problems that are going to be happening, we have a problem. We have situations because we are not dealing with issues of devolution where you are going into particular restaurants and shops, and people are beginning to organise themselves to boycott certain shops and restaurants because they are walking in and are being spoken to in a language that is not their particular language.

That speaks to the issues of devolution and issues that we will not be able to address the things that we put in the Constitution. This is because the structure that we had put up to deliver what we had put in is not being put into place. It is very sad Mr. Speaker that the President came in here and did not address the issue of devolution. The next point that I find problematic is the issue that we are not going back to be Bill on NPRC, the Bill on Peace and Reconciliation. The issue is that if anything happens and you do not address it, it will continue to fester. People had seen the NPRC as a way of beginning to address the past wounds, issues that are associated with Gukurahundi.

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