Madam Speaker, the Minister of Finance has done very well in the transitional monetary stabilisation money policy – [HON. MEMBERS: Ahhhh.] – chiregerai kundikorekita ndikorekitiwe naMinister varipano.] – the TSP Madam Speaker, he has done very well. I ask that the 2% that is charged on the transactions should not be charged to pensioners. The money that they are receiving is quite a pittance and it is my hope and view that he is going to see reason not to charge the pensioners that 2% so that they get their money in a wholesome figure.
It is my hope that the current land redistribution exercise should not direct its effort to land ownership which is what is currently happening. People own vast lands and there is no utilisation. The current land redistribution should focus on land utilisation as opposed to ownership. Currently, people go to their lands for weekend escapades and they are not utilising it. When they die, that is the time that you get to see that there is vast land that has not been utilised because they want to be buried on those farms.
Madam Speaker, I ask that the current land redistribution exercise, especially for the youths, should concentrate on the youths as a group and give them land both for subsistence and commercial purposes. I am going to request, in my constituency, we have 10 000 young people aged between 18 and 22 and I request that the 500 hectares that have been earmarked for land redistribution does not go to individuals but to that group of youths and they get to use their minds in order for revenue generation, commercial purpose to partner, offshore financiers and make sure that we contribute and augment the fiscal benefits into the central revenue fund so that the Minister of Finance can holistically have monies coming from our youths, ubiquitous amounts of land and copious amounts of water bodies. In my constituency, there is John Binya, Masterpice, Backsley, Mupfure River, Mupfure Dam, Pool Dam, Cliffton, Suri Suri River and Suri Suri Dam, there is more than eight water bodies and we can utilise them using this financial modus operandi of utilising the land as opposed to just owning it. I thank you Madam Speaker and I hope that these submissions which are positive proposals can do a lot of wonders for the nation and for the Minister of Finance. I thank you.
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