Opposition MPs shutout of hotel, we want Zanu PF only
Rainbow Towers Hotel has reportedly refused to accommodate opposition legislators, adding that they want those affiliated with Zanu PF only.
This was revealed by Norton legislator Temba Mliswa who said the move forced the postponement of the pre-budget seminar.
Mliswa wrote, ‘’Some hotels are no longer accepting Honourable Members to board there. Rainbow Towers now says only Zanu PF members are accepted there. What is that? How can we operate like that?
‘’Our resolution now is to give us the money for food and accommodation and we make our own arrangements.
‘’People can rent houses or make any other provision. It will be better. Fuel we hardly get it. Information centres were passed in the budget, but nothing has been built. This is an institution that stays beyond the current legislator, yet nothing has been done.
‘’Now we have had to postpone the pre-budget from Monday. That is unacceptable. How do we prepare the budget now? There is a lot of insincerity and contempt in how MPs are treated yet they deserve respect. We cannot progress with such attitudes, he said.
Efforts to get a comment from the hotel were fruitless as Public Relations Manager Pride Khumbula did not answer questions sent to them on the issue.
MPs especially those from out of Harare are accommodated in hotels each time they come for Parliament. However, hotels have of late been refusing to allow the legislators due to outstanding payments for previous stays.
Meanwhile, the pre-budget seminar that was supposed to have started on Monday 17 October 2022, has been postponed to Friday the 21st of October.
This was confirmed by the Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda in a memo. The pre-budget seminar will end on the 24th of October.
Opposition MPs shutout of hotel, we want Zanu PF only
