By Edwin Mushoriwa
TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE OF DZIVARESEKWA
Greetings fellow residents and people of Dzivarasekwa.
We come to you today with a heavy heart as the nation grapples with horrific violence and gross human rights abuses that traumatised a number of people in Dzivaresekwa and other areas
More than 209 people in Dzivaresekwa constituency were severely beaten by people in military attire resulting in more than 87 of them seeking medical treatment.
These people in military attire wore masks to hide their faces during the day to enable them carry their heinous acts. They also smashed doors of people during the night leaving behind untold human suffering and destruction of property.
We identfied some of the people who have been perpetrating or aiding the perpetration of the violence and all will be exposed for nothing is hidden before God. They may inflict pain and cause us to shed tears for now but we stand guided by our faith in God who will demonstrate his power. Ref :
Exodus 13 ,14 “And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.”
We witnessed brutal attacks on pregnant women and school children with broken legs, broken hands, broken ribs, swollen faces, swollen feet and deep wounds and bruises on their backs
We heard stories of people who were forced to roll in the sewage and on the road. We came across a lot of people who were traumatized by these horrific experiences and others who are now sleeping in the open for fear of being visited by these messengers of darkness during the night.
As if that was not enough, some of these people in our constituency who were injured were nabbed and beaten up at a medical Centre where they were receiving treatment before handed over to the police on trumped up charges for crimes they never committed.
As we grieve we know you are in solidarity with the injured and traumatised Zimbabweans.
Each and every one of us is not safe for none of us knows the time these angels of darkness may visit us. I was not spared the brutal attacks and trauma .
The behavior of these people in military attire has nothing to do with maintaining law and order in the constituency but purely criminal and abuse of innocent people.
We have competent police officers in this constituency that are capable of maintaining law and order.
Dzivaresekwa police officers have the capacity to investigate and apprehend suspects.
We do not believe that soldiers staying with us in Dzivaresekwa were part to these heinous crimes.
We have always been proud of our soldiers for their professionalism and as such we would want to believe that the people beating us are criminals in military attire masquerading as soldiers with a devilish intention to tarnish and bring the name of our army into disrepute.
In these trying times , we have however managed to remain united ,steadfast,resolute and focused .
We shall continue to exhibit ubuntu,unhu/humanity as we move forward as people of Dzivaresekwa.
As a legislstor for Dzivaresekwa Constituency i want to salute the brutalised and traumatised people of Dzivaresekwa for their courage,bravery and teamwork when they risked their lives to save the brutalised brothers and sisters.
We want to thank you all who assisted those who were injured. Special mention goes to the medical staff that saved lives by attending to the injured and the Lawyers that are representing the victims of violence from cooked up charges.
We also salute community leadership in Dzivarasekwa for the good work during this dark period.
We also want to thank those that are praying for recovery of the injured as well as peace in Zimbabwe.
May God bless you all.
We want to remind the forces of darkness especially those hiding behind their fingers that Violence, torture and abuse of people has no place in the Zimbabwe we want.
We beelieve that a better Zimbabwe is possible.
TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER
Hon Edwin Mushoriwa
Member of Parliament
Dzivaresekwa Constituency