Dear Editor,

Funny things continue to happen during the Coronavirus shutdown 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 official role in the country and given that every the constituency has an MP and councillors, the First Lady has no role to play during a shutdown.

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

Did the Government expect the Member of Parliament to ignore hungry people from his constituency who had failed to access mealie-meal?

Did the Government ever want the people of Mutasa to access the mealie-meal in the first place?

While some opposition Members of Parliament are arrested for trying to help people in need of food, the First lady is travelling around the country at will.

This is evil, and anyone associated with Government should be ashamed of such behaviour.-Kennedy Kaitano