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SENATOR NDLOVU: EVEN AT PARLIAMENT THERE IS CORRUPTION TO GET FUEL COUPONS

HON. SEN. NDLOVU: Thank you Mr President Sir, for giving me this opportunity to talk about corruption.

SENATOR NDLOVU: As the Chief said, it is very difficult for corruption to end because the only thing left in Zimbabwe is that every citizen will corrupt him/herself. This issue of corruption is never-ending because when you want to take the issue of corruption to higher offices,

SENATOR NDLOVU: you realise that is where it is starting from. What the Chief said is all true. Sometimes when travelling and you get to a roadblock the police officer will not know the person driving the vehicle but they will demand to check the vehicle, @PoliceZimbabwe

SENATOR NDLOVU: that is licences and registration book and they will want to check the tyres as well, yet the vehicle will be roadworthy. They then request for a bribe citing that they are starving. Why would a person pay something if the vehicle has all the proper documentation?

SENATOR NDLOVU: The person driving the vehicle will not want to spend a lot of time by the roadblock. The other thing is when you get to the tollgate, it takes you an hour to pass through

SENATOR NDLOVU: and it is not because of the long queues but because you will be pleading with the officials manning the tollgate to pass through. If you do not pay anything, you will wait for a very long time.

SENATOR NDLOVU: I came across a matter which I want to talk about. We were given vehicles by Government but then you hear people from the car companies saying if you rush ZIMRA, you will not get anything so you just have to wait.

SENATOR NDLOVU: I, however, decided to confront the ZIMRA officials on whether we had to plead with them to do their jobs which they applied for. After that, I realised that there were some changes in the way they conducted their business.

SENATOR NDLOVU: I will keep referring to what was said by the Hon. Sen. Chief. You see a person doing something wrong and try to reprimand that person but that person will say even if you go and report me anywhere, nothing will come out because a relative of mine is a minister.

SENATOR NDLOVU: With that, corruption will never end in Zimbabwe. Yesterday the chiefs stood up firmly together and that was good. If we continue standing up together as one, we will go far as a country. In the past we knew that the chiefs stood for the truth. @ZACConline

SENATOR NDLOVU: You would not bribe the chiefs and they will sit in traditional court trials and the outcome would be very good. A beast will be slaughtered for the chiefs to eat after a wonderful job done.

SENATOR NDLOVU: Today my request to the chiefs is that they should stand firm as they did in the past. That is all I ask Mr. President. I thank you Sen. Muzenda for raising this motion on corruption. I would have loved the motion to be debated the whole year.@ZACConline

SENATOR NDLOVU: Even here at Parliament, you may want to go and collect your coupons but you will be told the coupons are not there but in a few seconds, you will see another Hon. Member counting his/her coupons. @ParliamentZim @TembaMliswa @NicolaWatson13 @HonGweruUrban @SAPST

SENATOR NDLOVU: Then you ask how come they have their coupons and you are told because I had to give a coupon to someone. My request goes back to the chiefs because we respect and trust you to fix this issue of corruption. @ParliamentZim @TembaMliswa @NicolaWatson13 @kubatana

SENATOR NDLOVU: Is it because you are Chief Charumbira and they respect you but what about me? My request is that we should follow the queue so that I get what everyone is being given. The chiefs are respected, so continue standing up together for the truth. thank you.