President Mnangagwa, at the coming in of the new
dispensation, pledged to fight corruption and true to his word, the Government
will stop at nothing in arresting graft and dealing with economic saboteurs, a
Cabinet Minister has said.
Addressing villagers and Zanu-PF supporters at Mpesi
business centre in Mberengwa West yesterday, Foreign Affairs and International
Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo said the new dispensation has for the first
time in the history of the country been open and transparent about dealing with
corruption. “Many measures have been put in place to fight corruption and the
people are now free to talk about it. Officials are being arrested and before
that was taboo. Now we’re talking about it, it means it’s being solved.
“This is President Mnangagwa’s election pledge card, he
pledged to fulfil the fight against corruption by 2023. He asked to be measured
with regards to fighting corruption by the people ahead of 2023 elections, it’s
his pledge card and he is serious about fighting this scourge that is eroding
the economic fibre,” said Dr Moyo.
“Outsiders are now saying corruption barometer is higher.
Yes, we are fighting the scourge and people are freely talking about it.”
Dr Moyo said it was unfortunate that some Zimbabweans had
volunteered to tarnish the image of their country.
“And normally when we are going towards regional or
international meetings, we are accused of human rights abuses. For example, why
would the Government abduct Dr Peter Magombeyi, a junior doctor for that matter?
What has he done? What does he have? About 4 000 health workers were engaged by
Government recently to assist in the fight against the spread of Covid-19. Some
haven’t received their first salary and are already striking. Why allow to be
used by other people? You are an essential service and it affects the lives of
ordinary people,” Dr Moyo said.
He called on Zimbabweans to be vigilant and be aware of the
works of the country’s detractors.
Dr Moyo said the new dispensation recognises human rights
and will never abduct women as claimed by the opposition and some countries
pushing a regime change agenda.
“There are three other women from the opposition who said
they were abducted. Abducted by who and why? Tapiwa Mashakada after fighting in
the opposition revealed that Dr Magombeyi was never abducted. All these stories
are aimed at tarnishing our image.
“They want to portray the country as violators of children
and women rights which is not true. We are a law-abiding nation and we follow
and recognise people’s human rights. We care for the people at all times
because we must be together in all situations. We are a pro-people Government,”
he said.
Dr Moyo also called on ambassadors accredited to Zimbabwe
not to get involved in matters which don’t concern them. “Even with other
ambassadors, don’t take sides, stay in your lane, you have your own troubles
back in your countries and we haven’t poked our nose into your internal
affairs. Ambassadors please stay in your lane and don’t be involved in our internal
issues. Don’t be in the cross-fire,” he said.
Addressing the same meeting, Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial
chairperson Engineer Daniel Mackenzie Ncube said Government is going to assist
the people of Mberengwa District with food aid and other socio-economic
development programmes.
He said President Mnangagwa’s Government is involved in a
lot of development programmes to improve the people’s quality of life.
“The presence of our guest of honour Dr SB Moyo is a clear
indication of how the new dispensation values its people and is working on an
array of programmes to improve your livelihoods.
“As Mberengwa District, you did well in the last election
and we expect you to lead by example and improve in terms of voter numbers. Now
you have about 17 000 registered voters for Mberengwa West. We need that figure
to be increased to more than 23 000. We want to bury the opposition come 2023,”
he said. Chronicle
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