What we need is to be able to look at the problems and say what are the solutions. That is why we were elected to come into this House. We may be from the opposition or the ruling party but what should come from this House for the nation is solutions and not political hooliganism like what I was listening to. We should move from away from scavenging policies where we think that other people owe us our own living. We are here to exist and live as Zimbabweans and we should be proud of that.
I heard the Minister of Finance the other day referring to ‘buy South Africa’ and that they are very proud about it. In Zimbabwe instead of being proud about it, I support the idea that was put across by Hon. Dr. Mashakada that we should separate the goods produced. ‘Kana ari mabhero ngaaende kuEurope’ because that is where they are coming from. Those are the highest earners in terms of revenue to most of our informal sector. If it is quail birds, they should come to Zimbabwe because I think we are producing quite a number of them.
Jokes aside Mr. Speaker – it is important that we look for solutions. Number one solution is scrapping of the Indigenisation Bill. Let us swallow our pride, it is not bearing fruit. It only allowed a few individuals to build 50 bed roomed houses. We must be mad. Not even the Queen of England has such a house. Here we are, the Queen of England was robbing us and all the colonies and building overseas but she never built a 50 bed roomed house. Here in Zimbabwe people do that.
We should also introduce property tax. If I build a $100 million house, you must check where my income came from and you must make sure that I paid tax equivalent to $100 million in my pocket. I am using the difference. Did I pay tax for what I accumulated? So, let us wake up as Zimbabwean legislators and come up with laws that actually make sure we are protecting people out there. We make the taxation laws and if we do not protect them, it means we do not deserve to be here. We should all resign en masse and join them in the streets so that we suffer the way they are suffering and we will realise that we were brought here by those people who voted us in. Like I said there is hooliganism politics. While debating on such a serious issue, you can realise that others are laughing.
Mr. Speaker, instead of encouraging the people in the diaspora to remit money to Zimbabwe, we were busy singing songs ‘hee kuchengeta machembere’ and so on. It is either we are mad as a society or we need to reform. We should call psychiatrists to help us. There were songs that were being sung about the diaspora and we need to be concerned about such things.
When we are doing business, no matter who it is doing that business, we should have guiding principles. What applies to OK in Zimbabwe should also apply to Choppies and should apply to Pick n’ Pay because free fall policies as a market force is not a policy. Some people are allowed to smuggle goods into this country, some have to pay tax on those goods and some are even banned from importing those goods. are we accounting for the number of trucks that unload each and every morning at Pick n Pay and Choppies and making sure that they pay the taxes that they are supposed to pay to ZIMRA?
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