Ridiculous

How about this for illogical:

“DESPITE failure to complete the giant Tokwe-Mukorsi dam and undertake the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project, the government has resolved to allocate trillions of dollars towards the construction of a showpiece parliamentary complex.“ –AllAfrica.com

One thing to note is that the currency used in this piece is the Zimbabwean Dollar.

I guess it makes sense if you’re a parliamentary figure who will spend most of your day in the new complex, but Zimbabwe is a country that has to rely on imported electricity and can barely manage to offer clean water, let alone food, to its citizens. What is this new complex supposed to prove? That visiting dignitaries will fall for the façade and overlook the pressing issues in the country? Somehow I just don’t think that’s going to work.