via Govt agency slams ‘relevance seeking’ RG 16 July 2014
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) on Wednesday accused Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede of sabotaging its work after he called on Zimbabweans to shun contraceptives.
Mudede torched a storm recently when he told a Family of God Church gathering in Kambuzuma, Harare, that contraceptives were a ploy by powerful Western nations to control population growth in Africa and weaken the continent.
He said contraceptives were also to blame for diseases such as cancer among women and urged Zimbabweans to shun them.
But speaking at the official launch of the Family Planning Advocacy in Harare on Wednesday, ZNFPC’s director for technical services, Dr Edmore Munongo, accused Mudede of seeking cheap publicity.
He said sometimes “people can be misled by those who want to divert people from real issues of their life for the benefit of creating controversy”.
“This process, honourable minister, comes at a time when some sections of society have taken it upon themselves to misinform the nation about the benefits of family planning,” he said.
“All those in family planning must therefore work extra hard to give the correct information. The information we have to give must be backed by scientific evidence.”
In 2012, Zimbabwe attended the London Family Planning 2020 meeting which sought to map ways of increasing access to family planning services and agreed to start implementing the recommendations of the meeting.
Dr Munongo said his organisation was aligning the conference’s demand with the country’s economic blueprint, the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-Asset).
According to government records most cases of maternal deaths recorded in Zimbabwe are caused by unwanted pregnancies which come as a result of the non-availability of contraceptives.
COMMENTS
That Mudede actually seems to believe that what he says carries weight nationally. Because of his deceit and his arrogance he has made himself one of the most hated people in Zimbabwe and obviously doesn’t know what’s coming his way when he gets cornered in a public place.
How Zanu pf can actually give so much power to this man that is so challenged. It’s like putting a monkey in charge of a nuclear bomb.
Would rather trust the monkey than this guy
He knows is his life he had wronged the people of Zimbabwe for so long. He is irrelevant in the eyes of Zimbabweans. He is now seeking to divert people’s attention from his sins.
Another Circus clown on the loose!!
RG kana mashaya nyaya ridzai muridzo. Kuchemberera pabasa. Endai munozorora. Zvinoda scientific research kwete kutariswa kumeso nomufana wenyu obva ati munoziva fani kkkkkkkkk mandinakidza.
mudede as corrupt as hell
Its what Zimbabwe really needs no condoms, nor any other form of contraception. Result a country filled with aids ridden unemployed people on aid. At present it is only 2 or the three…