Gukurahundi rears its ugly head again as Parliament discusses Mphoko’s Peace and Reconciliation bill- Part Two

In conclusion Madam Speaker, let me give you this warning.  We are going to have a huge uprising in this country and that uprising is going to come from the generality of the people who are not beneficiaries of the assets that people are using every other day.  We will have people in the streets burning homes and burning everything else because the language of speaking will not have worked.  We are going to have an uprising in the area around issues of ethnicity.  We will pretend to talk about it right now but I can tell you as somebody who comes from that region that one day you will have a situation where people will stand up and they will say anyone who is not coming from here, we will hack to death and we will beat up.

You will not have an excuse for it because they keep giving you warnings and warnings and you are refusing to deal with issues that they are raising.  I thank you Madam Speaker.

 HON. CHASI:  Thank you Madam Speaker – [AN. HON. MEMBER: Inaudible interjections.] – 

THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER (HON. DZIVA):  I have discretion as the Speaker in Chair right and now so, I recognise Hon. Chasi.    

HON. MAJOME:  On a point of order Madam Speaker.

THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER:  What is your point of order?

HON. MAJOME: My point of order is, I had been recognised by the previous Speaker.  While I do venerate the authority that you wield in that Chair, from a privilege point of view, I had been recognised by the previous Speaker.  I have no doubt about your authority Madam Speaker but what happens is that the procedure where a member has been recognised to speak next; not that it is actually in the Hansard, does that not matter at all?  What then happens to my turn to speak because I had been recognised that I would speak after Hon. Misihairabwi-Mushonga.

THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER:  Hon. Member, I understand where you are coming from. It is a matter of discretion and at this stage, I am the one in the Chair and I have recognised Hon. Chasi.  I will give you a chance after that.

HON. MLISWA: On a point of order Madam Speaker.

THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER:  Your point of order Hon. Mliswa must be supported by the Standing Rules and Orders. So, in accordance to what Standing Order are you raising your point of order?

HON. MLISWA:  No, in fact my point of order is; what you are saying too, must be supported by Standing Rules and Orders.  You talked about discretion, where in the Standing Rules and Orders does it say that you use your discretion to overrule somebody?  We are a House of rules, the rules apply to you and to us. Where in the Standing Rules and Orders does it say that the Chair can use discretion because we are a House of rules. Which Standing Order are you using in terms of that discretion you are talking about?

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