So when we talk about history, we must first of all define what exactly you want to know. We are not talking about colonial history, we are talking about the history of this country. The history of this country is so clear that Mbuya Nehanda who was executed was a medium of Mbuya Nehanda but the way our children are being taught is as if that woman who was hanged was Mbuya Nehanda – no, she was just the medium of the actual Mbuya Nehanda – the spirit of early centuries. That is what history is all about –[HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear.]-
It is true that when we talk about our history, we should go back centuries to the old stone age and iron age which brought about mining of minerals – the minerals that we are talking about today.
Let it not be a vendetta to say, why is there the MDC because before the formation of ZANU which became ZANU PF later, there was ZAPU. Before the formation of ZAPU, there was NDP. The advent of MDC–T is just one cog in a wheel of history from where we are coming from because some of us came from ZANU PF and now we are MDC-T. From MDC-T, we now have three vice presidents and you still have two –[Laughter.]-
Madam Speaker, we are shaping history. History is not only current or some of the grievances that we still have from gammatox and weevils. The issue is about….
THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER: Order Hon. Member. I think the motion that was raised by Hon. Mandipaka is specifically speaking on the history of the country and not where you are now encroaching to. –[HON. MEMBERS: Inaudible interjections.]- I advise you… –[HON. MEMBERS: Inaudible interjections.]- Order Hon. Members, order! I advise you to stick to the motion on debate and stop referring to things that do not exist in the history of Zimbabwe. Remain focused on the history of our country and not current affairs.
HON. CHIMANIKIRE: I thank you Madam Speaker. The history of our country has got to be history of its people and its natural resources. It cannot be history without its people. That is why I started from the original residents who were here before us. We migrated from Guruuswa which was in Tanzania, following the coast down to Mozambique and some went as far down as the Cape. That is history.
We then started migrating coming eastwards from the border. That is how we got here. Like kwana Muderedzwa vakabva kuMozambique kunana Manica uku. Most of the residents of Zimbabwe today actually came through Portuguese East Africa. We have Soshangane and Mzilikazi coming from South Africa. The others remained in Malawi and the others went as far as Bulawayo.
We cannot pretend that our history does not have people. It is the movement of people within a certain precinct and then we went for the Movement of Democratic Change with people also bringing about change. I thank you Madam Speaker.
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