If talking to Mnangagwa means you are sell-out, let me be a sell-out, Khupe says

HON. DR. KHUPE:  Madam Speaker, I am about to finish.  It is important as a country that we collectively deal with the toxicity of hate.  Let us uproot weeds of hate and plant seeds of love.  Let us practice values of love, peace and reconciliation as a country.  We want enduring and lasting peace in this country.  We want Zimbabwe to be a treasury of peace, progress and prosperity, but we can only do this if we unite as a country and start to speak with one voice and start singing from the same hymn book for the sake of the 14.6 million Zimbabweans because these are the people we are representing in this House.

Madam Speaker, I would like to challenge leaders; that as leaders, let us be transformative leaders, leaders who are going to move away from advancing their own personal interests and move forward for the common good.  Let us all work towards the common good and the common good is a better life for every Zimbabwean.

I would like to say this Madam Speaker, as the Leader of the Opposition I am going to be dialoguing with the President for a better life for everyone – [HON. MEMBERS:  Inaudible interjections.] – and Madam Speaker, I know that there are people who have the notion that whoever dialogues with the President is selling out and like I said earlier on I am going to be dialoguing for a better life for all – [HON. MEMBERS:  Inaudible interjections.] –

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  Order, order!

HON. DR. KHUPE:  Madam Speaker, I would like to say this because it is important.  If those who think that dialoguing with the President is selling-out and I said I am going to be dialoguing for a better life, then let me be a sell-out, but I will deliver a better life to everyone at the end of the day – [HON. MEMBERS:  Inaudible interjections.] – Madam Speaker, like I said, ‘united we stand and divided we fall’.  Let us unite as a country and move forward together for the good of every Zimbabwean.

Madam Speaker, I would like to conclude by saying there is not even a single person who was born poor.  Every person was born with their own potential but people are poor because of institutions that are built, people are poor because of systems that are created and people are poor because of policies that are formulated.  Madam Speaker, I would call upon Government to build good strong institutions to create good systems of governance, to formulate investor friendly policies so that we return Zimbabwe to its former glory that of being the bread basket of Africa; that of being the jewel of Africa and that of being the envy of the whole world.  That is what we want.  I would like to call upon all investors to come and invest in this country because Zimbabwe is a good investment destination – [HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear.] – Zimbabwe has got hard working people, it has got educated people, good soils, we have the best weather on this planet, we have mineral resources and investors will get value for their money Madam Speaker.  So, I am calling on all of them to come.

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