Jane Mlambo| MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe has bragged about her party achievements in parliament saying it was only through her two party representatives that women and girls in the country will now enjoy free sanitary wear and education.

Khupe also equated herself to the late founding leader of the MDC Morgan Tsvangirai for sitting down with the late President Robert Mugabe to dialogue for purposes of rescuing the country.

“During the 2014 congress led by Richard Morgan Tsvangirai, we resolved that we will engage in whatever peaceful means to bring about the government of the day to dialogue, therefore it can be correct to say that POLAD is the brainchild of the late president (Tsvangirai),” Khupe said.

The former Deputy Prime Minister said there has been a “lot of noise coming from outside having said about POLAD”.

“It must be noted that POLAD is not the panacea to all our problems, it is through POLAD that a party with only two representatives of parliament of 350 MPs has managed to persuade government to set aside at least $300 million to attend to the indignity and health hazards of the girl child due to lack of access to sanitary wear.

“At the same time, our hard working Education Portfolio Committee chairperson Priscilla Misihairabwi has just informed that pursuant to our Education Bill which we championed as MDC-T in line with our manifesto, the Minister of Finance Prof Mthuli Ncube has set aside another $400 million as a pilot project for free education.

Too much hullabaloo has been said of our visit to His Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s farm as a delegation of POLAD. I must state that categorically, having said POLAD is a 2014 MDC-T Congress resolution, it should therefore come as no surprise whatsoever for any sober minded person that we are in dialogue with Zanu PF under POLAD.”

Khupe said if former bitter rivals Tsvangirai and Mugabe could have tea together, she found nothing amiss with her dining with Mnangagwa.