Mukupe clashes with Chamisa after saying Econet is urinating on the foreheads of the citizenry

HON. CHAMISA: On a point of Order Madam Speaker.  I am not so sure if I heard the Hon. Member correctly but if I did, Madam Speaker, he mentioned something about urinating and that Econet had urine.  If he may withdraw because that in terms of parliamentary language, it is very unfortunate.  I appreciate his view and we want to hear what his views are to enrich the debate but of course the anointing water is something else but the urine aspect.

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  Hon. Mukupe, before you proceed, I think the Hon. Member is right.  We have to use parliamentary language when we are expressing ourselves.  Would you please proceed?

HON. MUKUPE:  I accept your wise counsel Madam Speaker for my idiomatic expression that the Hon. Member probably had issues with and I understand, considering he took such a long time to become a lawyer.

What I would want to point out ….

HON. CHAMISA:  On a point of order Madam Speaker.  You know, we do not want to use these platforms to abuse one another.  When it comes to intellect, I do not even qualify to be rated at the same level with this man, but I will not want to even go there because we are not here on account of our intellect.  We are here on account of our representation of the people and what I did raise is very consistent with what is in our Standing Orders.  I really urge the Hon. Member to withdraw what he has said because it is inaccurate.  Madam Speaker, if he does not, I will simply donate a tonne of abuse and he will not be able to sustain it.

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  Order, order.  Hon. Member, while you are bringing a good point, if you start competition of doing something which is bad in this House, and also, if the Hon. Member was using unparliamentary language, he was not even referring to you but, the whole country.  I even tried to explain to him that he should use parliamentary language and he is supposed to express himself in language which is acceptable and that is what he is supposed to do and not talking to Hon. Chamisa as a person.  I think Hon. Mukupe, if you can correct that one.

HON. MUKUPE:  I withdraw my statement Madam Speaker.  I was pointing out that one of the things that excites me about the Bill is that, we are going to have a nationwide statistical database.  I think for any business to be able to come up with any of its budgets and futuristic plans, you basically need a statistical database that you can be able to infer to and be able to make your decisions from and be able to come up with real quantitative decisions.  Not that I would want to brag but that being one of the brightest mathematicians around, I am really happy about this.

Madam Speaker in conclusion, I am just going to point out that I emphatically support this Bill because it is going to basically look into all the problems that industry has been facing in terms of making sure that they are competitive, they are able to come up with the right price and are able to make the right income which will actually be good for the fiscas, which will be a welcome development for our country.  I thank you.

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