Paul Nyathi|Independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa was on Wednesday ejected from the National Assembly after he refused to be silenced by the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly on raising to the house death threats issued on him by ZANU PF Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna.
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Tsitsi Gezi on two occasions invited Mliswa to the chair in order to stop him from speaking on the matter. On a third attempt Mliswa refused to move forward to the chair resulting in him being ejected from the house.
“I have been approaching the Chair. You cannot whip me. You cannot keep whipping me. I have been approaching the Chair how many times Madam Speaker? Let me finish and then you can make a ruling. If you want to chuck me out, you can chuck me out but the issue will not end. I will limit myself to the issues. How many times have I been there? Our lives are under threat by that man. He is still in Parliament and you allow him to be in Parliament. He is a murderer. You kill people you do not know,” Mliswa said.
Mliswa rose on a point of privilege at the start of the day’s proceedings and complained that there was need for Parliament to launch an investigation against Nduna whom he said had confessed to have murdered several people and was going to kill him too.
“Madam Speaker, I rise to register my displeasure and to equally seek guidance from you as the Chair on how far Members of Parliament can go in enjoying the privileges and immunities that are there. The reason why I am saying so is that I am under threat by Hon. Nduna after he confessed that he has killed many people, whilst he has killed many people, he equally has threatened to kill me.”
Mliswa further alleged that Nduna may have been responsible for the murder of missing activist Itai Dzamara.
“Madam Speaker Ma’am, we have had a lot of people killed in this country and the state security agents have been accused, myet the answer is very clear. Itai Dzamara is one of them who went missing and we now do not know whether he was killed by Hon. Nduna or not,”
He refused to take back his seat after Gezi, who was presiding over the sitting, told him that he would want to study his submission before making a ruling.