While in Parliament, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Thokozani Khupe began to advocate for woman rights. She shared the same sentiments she had previously shard in Parliament on her Twitter page. Its safe to say that she probably didn’t expect to receive such backlash while advocating for a good cause.
The politician expressed the ordeal faced by pregnant women in particular. They are expected to pay certain fees to be helped with child delivery. However, given the state of the economy, many cannot afford these fess. As a result Khupe expressed her stance, saying that childbirth fees should be removed.
However, this cause fell on mostly deaf ears. Zimbabweans who commented on this were more concerned with how she got into Parliament in the first place. Because her position in Parliament is said to have been acquired through questionable means, Zimbabwean twitter users expressed that they did not want to hear anything from her.
View some of the common responses below:
Leave childbirth user fees, my question is who voted you to be in that parliament
— Rasta (@Fortune84110950) June 3, 2021
Did u win elections in 2018?
Who are u representing in parliament besides your family?
— B maps (@ubekim) June 3, 2021
Should this be the priority of citizens or would the right approach be to support the notable cause she has brought attention to.
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