MEMBERS of Parliament neglect their constituencies because they spend most of their time entertaining sex workers and enjoying sleeping in hotels, Zanu PF Kwekwe Central MP Masango Matambanadzo has said. BLESSED MHLANGA STAFF REPORTER
Addressing hundreds of flea market and vegetable vendors on Saturday, Matambanadzo — who is serving his first term as a legislator — said he had witnessed very beautiful women of the night chasing MPs at their hotels.
“The life up there is tempting with very beautiful ladies of the night, some who even pretend they can’t speak Shona, coming to hotel rooms with your MPs. This is why they forget you,” Matambanadzo said.
“They only come back after five years so that you can renew their life in the hotels and the good and beautiful ladies in their rooms.” However, Matambanadzo said he would not forget his constituency and would continue to empower the poor in his quest to push back the frontiers of poverty.
“I am a Grade Two dropout who needs a lot of time to go through papers given in Parliament and my interests are to ensure we uplift the lives of the poor, so I will not be swayed by ladies of the night or high hotel life like the others before me,” Matambanadzo said.
The MP launched a co-operative which will see flea market operators and vegetable vendors contributing a dollar each everyday towards a common fund that would be managed by the MP’s wife.
Matambanadzo said the money would be used to assist the vendors with capital and to fund other projects like housing.
“I will send you to China to buy stuff for resale and even talk to council so that we get stands to build houses for members in the association. We need at least 5 000 members who pay a dollar everyday towards this fund,” he said.
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Most people have been reduced to flea market vendors, illegal gold panners and commercial sex workers in the wake of the massive collapse of industry in Kwekwe. Matambanadzo said he hoped the project would see him change the lives of the people who voted for him.
“I might be a Grade Two dropout, but my brains are big and I am going to change the lives of the people in Kwekwe,” he added.
