It matters little to the selfish lot that Zimbabwe is in this sorry state
because they plundered the mainstay farming sector under their guise
of land reform and looted every single penny from national treasury.
Now they want to torpedo the unity government before it can
get a grip on the country and restore the rule of law because a
return to law and order threatens the only way they know how to do
business – stealing.
But it is not difficult either to see what Prime Minister Morgan
Tsvangirai and the Cabinet should do with these crooks. Order the
thugs arrested now! They should have been in jail many moons ago.
The government must act now to end lawlessness on farms because
to a very large extent the success of this administration depends on
its ability to restore the rule of law and respect for property rights in
the country.
But the government must act also because ensuring order and productivity
on farms and all sectors of the economy is the only way it
could compliment the good efforts by teachers, doctors, nurses and
thousands of other civil servants who have agreed to return to work
on very little pay because they want to give this new attempt to mend
our country a chance to succeed.
United Nations assistant secretary general for human rights Catherine
Bragg warned last week that the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe
remained grave with the cholera epidemic still a major challenge,
while acute food shortages affecting seven million people or more
than half of the country's population could spill over into next year.
In the face of such warnings, allowing common criminals such as
those invading farms to continue looting the economy and disrupting
production will not only discourage the majority of Zimbabweans
who genuinely want to see their country make progress, it will send
the wrong signals to foreign investors and development partners that
nothing has changed in Zimbabwe.
Holding endless meetings to discuss what to do with farm invaders
– a simple law and order issue that should be handled by district
police officers – is hardly the best way to win the confidence of
Zimbabweans or international partners.
The government has much more serious issues of national survival
that it must be dealing with. It must begin now by imposing the rule of
law across the land or if that is too hard a task then we suggest it saves
us the circus and disband itself.
Word for Today
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of
him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;
once you had not received mercy, but now you have received
mercy. Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the
world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your
soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they
accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and
glorify God on the day he visits us. – 1 Peter 2; 9-12
Post published in: Editor: Wilf Mbanga