President Tsvangirai, who was accompanied by secretary for Information and Publicity Hon Nelson Chamisa, the party’s secretary for Health, Dr Henry Madzorera and Budiriro MP Professor Heneri Dzinotyiwei, expressed shock at how the Zanu PF caretaker government was failing to control the outbreak.
Later in the day, the President was scheduled to meet with bereaved families in Budiriro.
Hundreds of Harare residents are admitted at the Budiriro Polyclinic, which is a referral centre for the outbreak. Officials at the clinic said although the clinic was doing everything possible to control the situation, the clinic was facing a critical shortage of water.
There was commotion in Budiriro whan thousands mobbed President Tsvangirai and security personnel had to be called in to control the situation.
For the past three weeks, Budiriro and the surrounding areas have been without water. This has forced the residents to dig open wells, which is further compounding the cholera outbreak.
In a brief statement to the press in Budiriro, President Tsvangirai said he was aware of the plight of the people of Zimbabwe. He said the suffering must come to an end. He said the suffering of the people, including the spreading of curable diseases such as cholera, could only be solved through a political settlement.
He said Zanu PF had stood in the way of the political settlement. The MDC was not being obstructionist in the dialogue process, but it was Zanu PF which had to accept the logic and justness of the MDC’s compelling case for equity.
He said the main critical issues for the people of Zimbabwe at the moment were the allocation of ministerial portfolios and governors, the composition and constitution of the National Security Council and the urgent release of all political and civic activists who are illegally detained on trumped-up charges of banditry and terrorism.
Meanwhile, the cholera outbreak has hit Kadoma where 13 have died since Monday. Three hundred and thirty cholera victims are currently detained at the Cholera Treatment Centre in Rimuka in Kadoma.
Staff at the clinic is failing to cope due to the massive congestion at the centre, according to Kadoma MP Hon Editor Matamisa.
"The situation is out of hand," the MP told the MDC Pressroom.
MDC Information and Publicity Department