When is Zimbabwe going to have spaghetti roads?

HON. MARKHAM:  Mr. Speaker, I did start by saying that if all the Members of Parliament had the Emergency Road Repair Programme so that we knew which roads they were repairing then most of these questions would not be asked.  May we have the programme?

THE HON. SPEAKER:  In other words, it must spread all over.

HON. MHONA:  Thank you Hon. Speaker Sir and let me also thank Hon. Rusty Markham.  Hon. Speaker Sir, I am sure you made a ruling and I have seen your communiqué from your respectable office to say let us furnish what has been requested by Hon. Members.

I do concur that we are bringing a compendium, and what I can share with the august House is Mr. Speaker Sir, I get calls from Hon. Members asking me to take their roads on board.  I have been agreeing to the pleas to add on more roads.  So, the detailed report will then need to cover all those roads that were scheduled under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme.  Unless Hon. Members are saying we must not entertain requests of adding new roads but if they do concur, on daily basis Mr. Speaker Sir, I am receiving requests to add on roads.

Therefore, we will come up with a consolidated compendium to show the roads that we have taken over, the cost and contractor.  On today’s Order Paper Mr. Speaker Sir, I have one such case where an Hon. Member asked for a particular road involving the contractor, directors and the costs that were indicated on that particular section.  So precisely, I will furnish the House with that information.  I am at liberty Mr. Speaker Sir to then consolidate and agree with Hon. Members that whatever has been taken on board that was on schedule, and was not covered under ERP2, will be brought to this august House.  I thank you.

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