The Land Commission Act should seek to harmonise the Mines and Minerals Act. This is to ensure that what the commissioners and the Minister seeks to do in the Land Act is not repealed, ejected and thrown out by the Mines and Minerals Act. The Mines and Minerals Act, which in my view, is skewed towards the former neo-colonialists; the colonisers of this land, who are armed with certificates of mines, who are now going to reverse the Agrarian Reform Programme of 2000. It is my fervent view that we should seek in the same vein, to harmonise the two Acts.
Lastly, Madam Speaker,, there has been three seasons worth of three inputs of the cotton farmers. There has been the taking over of the COTCCO debt of $68 million. It should now be a time for the Lands Ministry and the Portfolio Committee to work-up-to the beneficiation chain. We should use the Commissioners’ Act in order to make sure that we revive the entities of beneficiation of our cotton such as David White Head Textiles. We cannot continue to have it reside in the hands of judiciary management in a hospital state as though we do not have the input that is the cotton and the lint that the Government has taken so much pain to make sure they support. They have taken so much pain to make sure they support the value chain. So we need to beneficiate our chain by empowering, rejuvenating, rehabilitation and resuscitation of David White Head.
HON. MLISWA: On a point of order Madam Speaker. This is a Land Commission Enquiry, the distribution of inputs falls under the Ministry of Agriculture. Can he please be guided? Thank you.
THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER: Hon. Member, the Hon. Member is in order. Could you please leave him to present his debate.
HON. NDUNA: Madam Speaker, I want to thank you for the protection that you have accorded to me but when the lions are moving and the dogs are barking, the lions do not turn back and look because they know that the dogs will not do anything to them….
THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order Hon. Member.
HON. MLISWA: On a point of order….
THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER: I am not recognising you Hon. Mliswa. I am presiding over the House. So, I am the one who replies to the Hon. Member – [HON. MLISWA: Because I am the lion.] – Hon. Member, this is where you are going out of order now. Would you proceed with your debate concerning the Land Bill.
HON. NDUNA: I want to thank you Madam Speaker.
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