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HON. MAHOKA: Thank you Mr. Speaker. I will briefly speak on the motion that was moved by Hon. Nyamupinga, seconded by Hon. Nyanhongo. I think that we should start with our own backyard that is topical. There was reference to ADP that was mentioned in Mbare, if there is abuse taking place there, we should start with that area. As we are in this august House, action should be taken, our police sent there and the place shut down and not to hear that women have to undress and parade naked whilst the men watch. We should start from there and the action should be done now.
It is not only people in Kuwait but also in Zimbabwe where abuse is taking place in as far as girls and women are concerned. As we are talking, action should be taken and that place should be closed. I think if it is still open and nothing is done tomorrow, both male and female legislators should take action tomorrow. Men should also participate because they were born of women and brought up by women. So, tomorrow they also need to go and demonstrate against the closure of that bar. We should all go there, not attend Parliament and sit outside as demonstration that no action has been taken. We cannot sit in this august House and talk about things that we are not addressing, we should pity our girls and women. We know there are men out there who do not patronise this particular bar but they are taking the young girls and abusing them. When you see a single man attaining adulthood, who is he staying with in that house? Men should marry women and have wives at home so that they stop abusing young girls and taking them from their homes.
My opinion on the issue of Kuwait is that, as smartly dressed as we are as Honourable Members of Parliament we do not want to be sitting on this carpet. I think the Kuwait Embassy should be closed. We cannot come here, demonstrate and sit on the floor yet the Embassy is working and communicating with their people in Kuwait. They are the ones that are responsible for this human trafficking, so we need to close down that Embassy. The Embassy is actually making us a laughing stock because they have not proffered an apology and nothing has been done. So if we do not embark on any action then we are not doing anything; but if we close that Embassy, we will have started action.
Our second request is that 30 of our children should come to this august House and explain to us the trauma that they endured. If they woke up late or refused to perform the duties assigned to them, they were burnt with irons, I think as Zimbabweans, we need to take action. We cannot coexist with people who embark on such activities on the pretext that it is a foreign country. If a country signs certain conventions and protocols, they should live in accordance with what they proscribed to.
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