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OpenMPs' Role Is To Oversee Government Policy, Not Drill Wells And Boreholes - Mahere
2 months agoSat, 11 Jan 2025 11:58:04 GMT
The former MP for Mt Pleasant, Fadzayi Mahere, has said it is not the duty of members of parliament to focus on building wells and boreholes for their cholera-ridden constituencies, calling it a failure rather than a success.
Mahere argues that it is the role of the Central Government, not Parliamentarians, to provide clean water to communities.
She said the primary role of MPs is to make laws and oversee government conduct and policy.
According to Mahere, MPs should address specific policy concerns of their community and use their influence to drive progress, rather than taking on the responsibilities of the government. Mahere wrote on X:
If you’re an MP of a party that’s meant to be governing and your PR is that you build wells and boreholes for your cholera-ridden constituency, I want you to know that that is failure and not success.
It’s not the role of a Parliamentarian to deliver water to communities. It’s the role of Central Govt which your party controls. (Read s6 of the Water Act.)
When you have to patch up the incompetency of Govt in this way, what you’re actually telling us is that your party has failed to govern. People don’t want wells built by MPs, they want clean tap water delivered in the proper manner.
The role of an MP is to make law and exercise oversight over Govt conduct and policy. They bring to the fore the specific policy concerns of their community and use their convening power to drive progress but they can’t usurp the function of Govt.
A ZANU PF MP who says he or she is doing well should tell us what motions they brought forward, what debates they made to the enactment of legislation, how their committees are holding the Executive to account, their policy position on the Budget and other policies proposed by Govt.
When an individual MP is now trying to do what a whole executive has failed to do, it’s an indictment on the competence of that Govt and its ultimately unsustainable.
On 26 January 2024, Mahere announced her resignation from Parliament, saying she could not continue representing a party whose leadership was unknown to her and whose motives and values were unclear.
Her resignation came after Nelson Chamisa, who played a significant role in forming the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), announced his departure from the party.
Mahere stressed her commitment to honesty, transparency, and accountability. She felt that the party was no longer aligned with these principles.
She cited the jarring electoral fraud witnessed in August 2023 as a factor in her decision.
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dishing cars · 2 months ago
lowo olekhanda engani yisaveza se**** ndiyani akatarisa mahere
the truth · 2 months ago
Mahere said the "primary role" of Mps.In simple terms she is saying the major role of Mps.Ukabata ipapo uchaona kuti she is correct
@Ton · 2 months ago
This lady is right for she has been an mp herself so she knows how Zimbo mps think and act. So addressing the elephant in the room is a big step I don't see n-thing wrong with her comments
Nero · 2 months ago
Fadzi you are right ...most of our constituencies haven't seen any progressive move done by these so called Mps.
We only seethemm wearing suits and driving d4dz but out come dololo
dck · 2 months ago
I heard last time ivo maMps kusanganisira veCcc vachiti Mari ye Constitutional Development Fund ishoma ,hamheno kuti vayireveyi ndeyekudya here or ndeyedevelopment hanty inopiwa maMps here kuti vadevelop their constituencies
Tshaka · 2 months ago
vaireva kuti Mari ishoma kuti uite meaningful development
Mk logic's · 2 months ago
A good advice sstr
Patz · 2 months ago
What if the MP has the resources and means to provide services orega here kuitira vanhu wake nekuti its the duty of the gvt. Ukatoona anodero its means he has the resources and can do a moral duty to the community
Anonymous · 2 months ago
bvuma kufundisiwa councilor ndobasa rake MP ANE BASA RAKE
tintin · 2 months ago
she has a vision
Comrade Guveira · 2 months ago
Muromo uyo ndoda kt udye yangu.. m.b.o.l.i.si🤰🤰🤰
the truth · 2 months ago
Njere shoma dzinoonekwa nekutuka munhu ataura muono wake.Ko iwe kungotaura muono wako usingatuki unobveyi
@Shadow · 2 months ago
Just lgnore Shadows he is always on the wrong side of the barrel.......don't even bother reading his comments.
Mhofu · 2 months ago
It's the role of the local authorities not central government to provide services to the communities. We pay rates to local authorities not to central government. I**** Mahere
Black forest · 2 months ago
local authorities are actually government, at local level .we have three tiers of gvnt in Zim which are central, provincial and local,so she is correct to point out that. The Mps play an oversight role on local authorities through thematic committees or portfolio committees
shadows · 2 months ago
mahere idhodh'o chairo. kune inonzi CDF( constituency development fund) inoshandiswa ne ma mps in developing their areas. development munzvimbo ibsa remnhu wese. president, mp , senator, councillor, chief, sabhuku newe futi. mahere arwadziwa nekubatsirwa kweruzhinji, vajaira zvavanoita mumatowns kupedza kutengesa ma wetlands vachiisa dzimba. nganyarare uyo akazvitadza Kare. ngazive zvechihu're chake na chamisa
Mhofu · 2 months ago
True
Sir African · 2 months ago
@pastafarian taktikal taktician.Iwonder if passes your o levels at all.Mahere is simply saying thatits not the duty of MPs to run around sinking boreles rather than other arms of government.
MPs oversee government activities.They should hold the government to account but because they do not knoe they duty they end up zvese zvese.They should ask government why there no running tape water,why there are not enough whille w pay taxes and so forth.
Luminary · 2 months ago
Aiwa ka. Iif the government says Havana Mari how then can the MP hold the government to account. They have to opt for plan B and that's sinking boreholes. Let's talk of the rural areas kusina access to tap water, they need those boreholes. And stop acting like MPs are using their own money to sink boreholes, that money comes from the very same government.
witty pastafarian taktikal taktician · 2 months ago
@sir African, you sound so obsessed with a mere aptitude test named o'level yet your spellings leave a lot to be desired on a public platform like this ... I guess finally passing o'level after countless repeated attempts was quite some achievement for you! However, you have comprehension issues! enjoy what's left of the weekend though
Tatiana
· 2 months ago
Hesi Fadzi
witty pastafarian taktikal taktician · 2 months ago
Chingawani uno rizina fani... I'm surprised, truth be told! But chinoshamisa ndeche kuti sei uchiitiswa naChamisa nekudzama kwakaita pfungwa dzako idzi? Chamisa is a dull person, anoteverwa nevanhu vasingatombonzwi kuti arikuti chii paanotaura, nevamwewo vakaita semaCivil servants aye-aye akawana basa neCorruption!Manje iwewe... that's it! Munokwirana chete! kuchengetedza bhoo yako!
Sir African · 2 months ago
@pastafarian .Offside! You are an imbe.c.ile.Stop displaying your shallow mindedness. How does Chamisa come into this.?
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witty pastafarian taktikal taktician · 2 months ago
@sir African. even though you clearly exhibit brains the size of a nzungu, is it not apparent that mahere is chamisa's minion? THAT'S WERE YOUR CHAMISA COMES IN! duh?
Lily 🤰
· 2 months ago
Wabaya dede nemukanwa murandakadzi 🤰
The Curator · 2 months ago
Yes, MPs roles is to oversee government policy, but drilling wells and doing other community development initiatives is part of their social responsibility and community development and transformation portfolio. The problem with opposition politicians is that they tend to criticise everything, except that which really matters.
Bvoricho Bvoricho · 2 months ago
unowona zvine sense kuti patosumuka delegation inoshandisa mari iri 50 times over chibhorani chavari kunovhura? kana chokwadi chotaugwa motsamwa.
Corruptmore Looto · 2 months ago
Nonsense, they should stop inflated tenders being awarded by the government to certain individuals and also scrutinise Chinese Mining Activities, that's what people are crying for, especially the lack of oversight on mining activities, Boterekwa is now destroyed because of this and you praise them for going around drilling useless boreholes in cholera infested areas which is gonna likely result in the borehole water being compromised too, nothing to praise there.
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Jojo wekumusha · 2 months ago
Ini ndakakura ndichiona DDF ichichera zvibhorani kumusha ,handina kubvira ndamboona MP kana President vachiuya kuzovhura zvibhorani izvi ,nhasi ndipo pandava kutoona zvibhorani zvava kuvhurwa naMp kana president izvi zvava zvekushaya zvekuita ,Fadzai Mahere anotaura chokwadi nguva dzese ,ava vebato riri kutonga vatadza kusimudzira zvakasiiwa nevarungu zvekuti imba yega yega mumaguta ive nemvura yakachena inobuda papombi ,
@ Private Investigator · 2 months ago
What has that to do with her own opinion? Truth is truth.......
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@Man to Man · 2 months ago
iii ndaiku
Bvoricho Bvoricho · 2 months ago
Fadzie unotaura chokwadi chinogwadza. Uchenjere kutukwa
The Jackal · 2 months ago
Prizi ndivunzewo, anofanirwa kuofishiyeta pakuvhurwa kwe Chibhorani muraunda ndiani?
Mabhudhi · 2 months ago
Chibhorani hachina kunyanyokosha hacho zvekuda kuvhurwa. Vanhu varikungozvicheresa vega vototanga kuchera mvura pasina avhura. Mumapurazi zvaicherwa 20 vasina anoOfficiata
dok25 · 2 months ago
People should be educated on the duties of all public officials so they do not avoid their real duties and waste time doing the simple and irrelevant things
HiLLBiLLIES VOLkSWAGEN 0774857233 · 2 months ago
OUR WHOLE FUTURE DEPUTY PRESIDENT APA VATAURA ZVANDANZWA THANK YOU HONOURABLE FADZAI MAHERE.
Groot · 2 months ago
I am Groot.
The Jackal · 2 months ago
Well said Mahere 💕💕💕💕
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MK · 2 months ago
Ini pandinozosvora our opposition ndepekuti, even with all the corruption in their run councils haumbovanzwe ana mahere saying anything on that Twitter, vanongoona kubhaiza kwevanwe and iyoyo lack of unaccountability on their part, yavo vese makes them even worse. Se last elections, exposed our opposition badly and haaa ma1
Solo · 2 months ago
Nottingham
Leicester
Brentford
dzatamba cey guys
kkkkk · 2 months ago
ndaona abviswa
Truth ! · 2 months ago
too many in this "government" are too stoopid to even understand the truth that Mahere speaks here !!
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Samaita · 2 months ago
Just expected of a wounded lion. What else can she say ? opposition dzedu ndedzekusvorana badzi without giving possible solytions.
dottt · 2 months ago
learn to suport the truth even if u are zanu mimded
1abc · 2 months ago
It's easy to please those with little knowledge about what you are talking about. It's even easier to make certain "observations" when you are no longer an MP.
Sir African · 2 months ago
Only an Edi.ot thinks sinking a bohole is a national development. To a civilised people it is a sign of retrogression.Smith was right when he said the terrorists will destroy this country.
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Tintin · 2 months ago
That's my point too. like why attack an MP for sinking a borehole as if the community won't be benefitting.
tintin · 2 months ago
empty tin did you read what sir said or what Mahere said? what are the duties of MPs ? TinTin ummm
1mmmm · 2 months ago
2025 murume mukuru ukutoona senge kuchererwa chibhorani itori achievement, u are supposed to have clean running water from your tape .
Duma Dako · 2 months ago
Liverpool 4 imwe yacho 0 Bristol 1 wolves 2 Full time
@ gg and naked · 2 months ago
What are your roles as you are esteemed M.P.s?
Anonymous · 2 months ago
but she just defined the roles.
BobMany · 2 months ago
mwanaskana anotaura chokwadi chinorwadza uyu. Gvt ikutiregerera ichisiya ma China 🇨🇳 polluting our water on purpose. What goes around comes around soon State house and all them folks in Borrowdale will be drinking Chivero water hanty paya magetsi akazobaya mu parliament Dambudzo arimo. Life is a cycle
dck · 2 months ago
kkkk kuborrowdale hakuna sewage vanoyita zvemaseptic tank no sewage lines
Anonymous · 2 months ago
Ndosaka musings vhoterwe hamuzivi development. Kana moda development menopause anu mustangs pamusoro period kana chipatara , mumadhaka. More gera vachivaka kana zvoputswa moti Zanu. Zanu inoziva zvairikuita imi makadhakwa.
Corruptmore Looto · 2 months ago
Yeah sure Anonymous Zanu knows what it is doing 😂😂, many botched currencies in only 2 decades, high unemployment, dilapidated Infrastructure, high rates of poverty among other terrible things bedevilling the country.
gg · 2 months ago
That Mahere is font of making unnecessary noise. Being an opposition you dont behave like the devil which sees no good in everything. MPs spearhead dev projects in their constituencies. They are supposed to source aid for these developments among other roles in Parly. Mahere dont be noisy for nothing. Show wisdom instead of noise
gg gets 1st prize for s.t.u.p.i.ity ! · 2 months ago
@ gg, thats your opinion, my opinion is that you are a clown e.d.i.o.t !
1gg · 2 months ago
My friend you remain like that until death. Evil outpourings is the language of the devil. You are very much like the devil as well
naked truth · 2 months ago
the role of central gvt is to provide the water sources eg Kunzvi,Manyame and Chivero,then the water distribution is now council which Mahere s party has been in control since 2000...she then shd not hide behind the water act without further explain to the electorate...thats why we pay rates to councils not to Central gvt,why bcz we pay for the pumping, treating and distribution of the water by councils
The Curator · 2 months ago
Well said...
gororo · 2 months ago
unorwara iwe . you don't understand zvirpo. zinwa controls mvura iyoyo . nyarara ****
Mabhudhi · 2 months ago
Kwete baba ministry of local government is the one in control of councils. Semaratidziro avanoita Town Clerk akasuspendwa noMayor and a full council meeting over corruption as in Victoria Falls ivo VaGarwe vanobva vadzorera Town Clerk iyeye pabasa kuratidza simba nekuti ndivovanotonga matunhu/councils. Party haisiriyo inotonga macouncil baba
Khan · 2 months ago
Exactly her point, MPs should be questioning why kunzvi and others which have been on the cards for decades have not yet taken off..... and to push for the implementation of the plans. Not them or a whole head of state celebrating boreholes in this century.. Parliament has an oversight role on the central gvt.besides crafting legislations That same Water act which she alluded to was crafted in Parliament and does not mentioned that the role of the mp is to drill boreholes. Its the responsibility of central gvt. Drilling boreholes is just a stop gap measure and boreholes are unsustainable till when shall these measures last. Hence her point that drilling boreholes is failure on the central gvt''s part.. The have slept on the job. Ma. Mp kana akucheresa migodhi ko ma Councillor oita reyi. 😀😀😀
Daddy · 2 months ago
Well said
Mj · 2 months ago
What Mahere is saying is true and normal when you have a functioning government, but in Zimbabwe it's the opposite MP are abandoning their roles by design because they lacking the qualification and educational support to be called a legislator, they are are voted into positions they don't apply, hence workshops for the education
The truth · 2 months ago
Well articulated Mahere.Central govt has failed to initiate socio and economic projects.A case in point is failure by the govt to finish road works from Mungate to Showground in Domboshava.Mps main role is initiating legislation and probing govt,and govt agencies so as to ensure that there is transparency
Corruptmore Looto · 2 months ago
I can't help but agree with her, people need clean water delivered to their houses through their water taps not to break their backs busy ferrying water buckets from wells or boreholes which might be contaminated by the notorious E.Coli bacteria.
Amahle · 2 months ago
Mahere is too much,she always stand on truth.
🤦🏽♂️ · 2 months ago
Chimhamha ichi!
#FuturePrez
kaka · 2 months ago
Chokwadi chinorwadza ichi Mahere kah
inini · 2 months ago
Uyu mukadzi ane problem yekutaura chokwadi....
pm · 2 months ago
checheche ward 24 mashoko mamanzwa here aya.
Ctrl Alt Del
· 2 months ago
well said
