
Minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube
Own Correspondent|MDC MPs on Wednesday walked out of parliament forcing The House to adjourn early after expressing disappointment over how stand in leader of the house State Security Minister was answering their questions.
The opposition MPs accused the Minister who was standing in for Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi of being highly incompetent.
MDC Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya had earlier begged Speaker Jacob Mudenda to adjourn the House saying most of Ncube’s answers from the back benchers lacked depth.
Ncube initially shocked the house when he said that mealie-meal was readily available in the country, but the shortage was due to hoarding of the product.
“Government has enough mealie-meal to feed the nation but we have people stocking mealie-meal. These have now been arrested, so mealie-meal will be available in the shops soon,” said Ncube.
With the comic explaination from the Minister, Chikwinya immediately requested Mudenda to adjourn the House.
“Speaker, the responsible minister is not available. We, on the left side request the House to adjourn because answers are not coming.”
With the speaker not helping the situation, MDC legislators decided walk out in protest, but Ncube looked undisturbed at all with the move.