Acting President and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has dismissed claims that certain regions and tribes are marginalised in Zimbabwe and urged the people to quit complaining. Addressing a motion from Matabeleland South Proportionate Representative Mrs Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga calling for fair regional representation, Mphoko said:
First of all, there is no better Zimbabwean than any other. If people are doing that, it is out of order, we are all Zimbabweans. There is no province which is less important than another.
The community themselves must raise complaints about lack of development and marginalisation . What has been said by MP Misihairabwi (Mushonga) has no value but if it had been said by a grandmother in Kezi.
If you are saying there are certain things happening favouring other regions, there is no law that says there are Zimbabweans that are better than others. It does not mean that if you are Manyika, Zezuru or Karanga you are a better Zimbabwean.
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