Frustrated residents in this eastern border city have roundly rejected the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill No. 2 telling legislators it was better to gather people for mealie meal distribution than amending Constitution.
Most participants felt that Parliament should have gathered people for mealie meal distribution as the majority of the people were starving due to economic hardships coupled by the ravaging drought.
MPs should have refused to conduct the process during lockdown but the issue is about allowances and people lining their pockets.
Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) representative a Reverend Chebve said there was no need for the president to pick additional ministers outside the Parliament as there are enough qualified MPs to be appointed ministers.
"We are in the midst of coronavirus pandemic and you as parliamentarians should have stopped this process before you came to the people.