China donates to Parliament

Speaker of the House of Assembly Mr Love­more Moyo and President of the Senate, Mrs Edna Madzongwe.
Mrs Madzongwe lauded the Chinese gov­ernment for the support it has rendered to Zimbabwe.

“We have received quite a lot from the Chi­nese government and we thank them for that. They are our good friends who do not want to see us lag behind in the area of information technology,” she said.
Mrs Madzongwe said she hoped that the construction of the new Parliament will com­mence soon following the Chinese govern­ment’s acceptance to fund the         project.

Mr Moyo echoed similar sentiments and promised that the equipment will be put to good use.
“We are living in a world of technology and therefore it is important for Parliament to also move with the times rather than being left behind when the rest of the world is mov­ing to become technologically advanced.

“We want to promise you that that the equipment will be put to good use and has come at a time when we are trying to mod­ernise our Parliament,” he said.
Mr Xin said Zimbabwe and China enjoyed cordial relations and said during his tenure he had urged Chinese business people to invest in Zimbabwe.
He said his government wanted to assist the country develop so that there was politi­cal stability which is conducive for invest­ment.

“Some Chinese business people would ask me that they wanted to invest but were wor­ried about turbulence that could occur dur­ing elections.
“I would, however, tell them the question was how do we then help (Zimbabwe) in avoiding that turbulence,” he said.

He said he hoped the equipment will improve the working conditions at Parlia­ment.
The donation included 45 laptops, 20 printers, 10 television sets and 25 scanners.