PARLY PRADO NOW PIRATING
● RECALLED LEGISLATOR STRUGGLES
AN EXPELLED Member of Parliament has turned her Toyota Prado into a pirate taxi ferrying passengers from a high-density suburb into the central business district (CBD).
Susan Matsunga has also turned to food vending and is operating from her mother’s house in Mufakose where she also lives.
She engaged one of her sister’s sons to use her vehicle in transporting people and food into town.
H-Metro hotline number was inundated with calls from Mufakose and Kambuzuma residents demanding to know the person behind the big wheel they said was picking and dropping commuters at high speed, risking their lives.
Matsunga confirmed to H-Metro that the vehicle was in her name and that she assigned her relative to do the illegal business because she lost her job.
“Arron, mota ndeyangu irimuzita rangu uye ikafa ndini ndinotenga maspare parts acho kwete vanhu varikurwadziwa nekuiona ichitakura,” said Matsunga.
“Who does not know that I lost my job and I want to believe that such people never gave me their votes during elections and will die hating my success?
“That car is being driven by one of my sister’s sons. I assigned him to ferry food from my mother’s house and distribute to my clients in town.
“Ndakuita zvekubika sadza saka mota iyoyo inenge yakatakura sadza saka mwana haarege kutakura vanhu achipihwa madollars ekutengesawo fuel.
“I used to provide free transport to Mufakose folks before being ejected from Parliament, but no one came to stand with me when I lost my job.
“I never relocated from Mufakose when I was voted into Parliament and this is where I am still staying, but people are taking my issue to the media because they want to see me begging.
“It was best for those complaining to have approached me over the issue other than taking it to the media as if they do not ferry commuters when they drive their vehicles to wherever they go,” said Matsunga.