In Zimbabwe, we are saying that our children who were abused and traumatised in Kuwait should be repatriated as soon as possible. This process should be expedited because we know where they are. Mr. Speaker, if you were to hear of the experiences of these children that once they got to the airport in Kuwait, their bags and passports are confiscated and the girls are put into a basement then men come and have them auctioned for $10 000.00. The country is given a certain amount and the Kuwait President also gets a stake in it. Another one comes and is auctioned for $20 000.00. Children are also sold in that basement and we laugh about it as a nation, what are we doing? Are we afraid of the power and money that they have? We are not worried about that but want our children to return to Zimbabwe. This is why I am proposing that these children come and tell us their ordeals and we ensure that no children go to Kuwait.
I think that this is where sanctions should be imposed. We are not happy for our children to be taken to Kuwait. Those people who are recruiting children in Kuwait should be repatriated to Zimbabwe for trial and sentencing because they are Zimbabweans who are doing this. I think they should be sentenced to death because as long as they are there and alive, they will serve their sentence, be released and continue abusing the girls and promoting human trafficking. These people now have a lot of money and can use their money and influence to ensure lesser sentences. I think they should just be sentenced to death.
I also think that this august House should come up with action to be taken today. We are not supposed to go to sleep without taking any action. As you leave that Chair, Mr. Speaker, we need to take action. If we agree to go to the Kuwait Embassy at 0800hrs, that is what we are going to do. We also have an army that is also capable of doing that and we also have the well-trained Zimbabwe Republic Police to perform such activities.
I do not think that if Commissioner General Chihuri is conscientised on this issue and our position, it will take him time to arrange this. The Commissioner General of Police, Cde Chihuri is competent enough to conduct his duties, so we want action and we need to see that action to show that we represent the people who elected us and the world out there will see that we are representing them as they expect.
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