On Wednesday, Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa argued that war veterans and people living with disabilities should be given a quota as is the case with female MPs whom he said were useless, wasting tax payers’ money and only good at wearing make-up and wigs.
Mliswa said this during a debate on the welfare of war veterans in the country.
Mr. Speaker Sir, my debate is based on representation in Parliament and the war veterans and people living with disability must now be given a quota out of proportional representation which most of them have done nothing expect to have make up and wigs and not represent people. It is my suggestion that out of the 66, 20 of them go to war veterans, 20 go to people with disability because if you see contributions in theHansardwhich is a record of Parliament, they have absolutely said nothing. Some of them have even lost primary elections without even saying nothing.
Bulawayo East legislator Ms Thabitha Khumalo and Harare West legislator Ms Jessie Majome protested against Mliswa’s statements saying they were an insult to female MPs and demanded an apology.
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