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Priscilla Misihairabwi

‘I stand tall in my achievements’

Government has provided a $200 million facility in the 2020 National Budget towards the provision of free sanitary-wear for primary and secondary schoolgirls from less privileged backgrounds.

Gender and Community Editor, Fatima Bulla (FB), interviewed chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, Ms Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (PM), who has been lobbying for girls and women health rights.

We publish excerpts of the interview.

Jan 26, 2020 Read more

2017’s best and worst MPs

The eighth Parliament of Zimbabwe has come to a close with the advent of harmonised elections next year yet, more than half of the 292 legislators’ only contribution to the National Assembly debates has been a deafening silence.

Dec 30, 2017 Read more

‘Cops have no revenue targets’

The only target police officers have is how many small vehicles, trucks or buses they have searched and not revenue targets, Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni has told Parliament. This comes after Bulawayo Metropolitan MDC MP Dorothy Bhebhe asked whether it was government policy that when police go to roadblocks, they are given targets […]

Feb 21, 2017 Read more

Misihairabwi on Bosso hooligan – Tribal animosity can lead to strife

By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | There is need to address the root causes of tribalism in order to avoid worsening ethnic relations, says Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, the Matabeleland South proportional representation lawmaker. She said it was naïve to blame individuals accused of ethnic hate language or tribalistic tendencies and urged thorough examination of why […]

Sep 19, 2016 Read more

Misihairabwi in yet another Parly stunt

By Lloyd Gumbo HARARE – MDC legislator for Matabeleland South Mrs Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga caused a scene in the National Assembly on Wednesday when she brought an infant into the House when it was in session. Mrs Misihairabwi-Mushonga recently caused a stir in Parliament when she brought samples of sanitary wear to illustrate her point. This […]

Dec 17, 2015 Read more

Demystifying the treacherous silence of Welshman Ncube

The desire to deodorise the stinking smell of the political failures of MDC and its record political miscalculations, chief among them the imposition of Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga as a legislator representing Matabeleland South (yet she comes from Harare), has driven some of its leaders to the embarrassing levels of bootlicking.

Nov 17, 2013 Read more

Ncube led MDC headed for a free fall

BULAWAYO – The Professor Welshman Ncube-led MDC is in a free fall with yet another national executive member Mr Edward Mkhosi, saying he is quitting in solidarity with other members of the party who have resigned to protest against the nomination of the party’s secretary-general, Mrs Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga into the National Assembly.

Nov 07, 2013 Read more

‘Priscilla must go’ mantra now a side show

There are times when silence speaks louder and clearer than words. Such silence when used deliberately as a strategic tool by an organisation or leader can be a double edged sword, the difference between organisational life and death.

Nov 07, 2013 Read more

Mushonga’s inclusion causes turmoil

The MDC led by Welshman Ncube is in turmoil as divisions have emerged over the inclusion of the party’s secretary general, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, on the party’s Matabeleland South proportional representation list that saw her gaining a Parliamentary seat.

Sep 07, 2013 Read more

Jacob Zuma not the solution for Zimbabwe

The previous week’s newspaper headlines screamed with messages that the SADC facilitation team headed by president Zuma was on its way to this great nation. ome even suggested that finally president Zuma will break the so-called impasse writes Blessing Vava.

Jul 12, 2012 Read more