By Kennedy Kaitano- Funny things continue to happen during the Lockdown in Zimbabwe.

Members of Parliament in most constituencies have had the responsibility to check on the welfare of the people in their constituencies.

Parliament forms one of the three pillars of government, hence parliamentarians have a role to play in circumstances such as these.

The wife of the President has no oficial role in the country, and given that every constituency has a parliamentarian and councillors, the First Lady has no role to play during a shutdown.

The arrest of Mutasa Member of Parliament Regai Tsunga after he went to check on people who had failed to access subsidised mealie-meal is clear evidence that Government of Zimbabwe is up to no good.

It boggles the mind why Government is blind to the fact that it is normal for a member of parliament to check on his constituency and unheard of for them to ignore hungry people from the same.

The people from this constituency had failed to access mealie-meal, simple. But was it proper for the MP to ignore them? Did the Government ever want the people of Mutasa to access the mealie-meal in the first place? Why did it take until after the conclusion of the initial shutdown period before the residents of Mutasa could access the mealie-meal?

While some opposition members of parliament are arrested for trying to help people in need of food, the First lady is left to travel around the country at will.

This is evil, and anyone associated with Government should be ashamed of such behaviour. An apology from Government will be in order, just the same way Government has apologised for dumping returnees from Botswana in Bulawayo.