Kasukuwere Marange case almost causes pandemonium in Parliament

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  Are you refusing me the right to explain what is taking place.  Hon. Members, the Hon. Member is going to present his report tomorrow –[HON. MEMBERS: No, no, no!]-.  -[HON. ZWIZWAI: Inokorekitwa nani pasina Committee iri kusitter tomorrow.  Nobody has the right to temper with our report]-[AN HON. MEMBER:  Chokuda haafanirwe kupinda mupolitics uyu.] – [HON. ZWIZWAI:  Toda report izvozvi. Musade kudzvanyirira mwana.  Mangwana zvinofuma zvonzi Wadyajena aurawa.] –

Hon. Zwizwai, please take your seat.  We have procedures that we follow in this House.  We have procedures and so we have to follow procedures.-[HON. ZWIZWAI:  Procedure ndeyekuti kana tapedza seCommittee tapedza.] –

HON. NDEBELE:  On a point of order Madam Speaker, in terms of Section 68 (d) of our Standing Rules and Orders, I am allowed as a member of this House to stand up and say what I feel like.  I think you are clearly in contempt of parliamentary procedure and we are not ready to accept you turning this into a ZANU PF meeting –[HON. MEMBERS:  Hear, hear]-  -[AN HON MEMBER:  Tipei report. Irikubuda nhasi.  We want to hear that report.]-

*HON. CHINOTIMBA:  On a point of order Madam Speaker.  My point of order is that the President and the ruling party are not corrupt people and neither do they promote corruption.  We realise that in other countries like South Africa, people like Zuma are having to account for the corrupt activities they did.  We as ZANU PF or you as the Chair are not supposed to protect a person engaged in corruption from being brought to book –[HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear!].  A person should face the consequences of his actions – [HON. MEMBERS: Inaudible interjections] – Madam Speaker, I am not through with my point of order. The men and women who fought in the liberation struggle did not go to war so that one person could benefit. What we want in this august House as Hon. Members, …

*THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order Hon. Members. Hon. Chinotimba is speaking well but if you are making noise, how do we hear him.

*HON. CHINOTIMBA: Let me finish off.  I want to finish off Madam. We asked the Leader of the House on what the policy says concerning corruption and he said that no one is above the law. So, if no one is above the law, then let those corrupt people be brought to book and speak for themselves. What we do not want when we leave this august House is to be accused of protecting our people. We do not want to hear that we are protecting corrupt people. If I am the one who has engaged in corrupt activities, if Chinotimba has been corrupt, then let the nation know that Chinotimba is corrupt. Even the army also noted yesterday that corruption is now a cancer and we want those people engaged in corruption to be brought to book. Thank you.

*THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER: Hon. Chinotimba, I hear what you have said. Hon. Members, your noise has become too loud and full of excitement. I want to give a ruling on what was said by Hon. Chinotimba. No one is being protected. If reports have been submitted to the Speaker, he corrects them. It might be the language – [HON. MEMBERS: Inaudible interjections] – I have given Hon. Wadyajena the permission to present his report now.

HON. P.D. SIBANDA: I have got a point of order.

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