Zimbabwe lawmakers wants 8 children per family to increase its population in a bid to attract foreign investors

Zimbabwe's parliament has moved a motion urging Zimbabweans not to embrace birth control measures, a move that will see the country's population rise significantly in the coming years if it scaled through.


With the country facing a huge setback to attract foreign investors because of its small population, Senators of the landlock south African country, proposing that every family should at least have eight children.

According to a report by the Hansard, which provides a transcript of Zimbabwe's parliamentary debates, senators called for the Zimbabwe government to promote large families and get NGOs that have been pushing for birth control to instead 'promote family growth'.

According to the senators, the inability to attract foreign investors was worrying and suggested that people should have a minimum of eight children and be supported by Government to sustain their families.

'The moment you tell them we are about 14 million they will all look around and say ah, I do not know how I can continue' said senator Monica Mutsvangwa of the ruling Zanu-PF party who described the matter as a very 'serious issue'

We have no people. We should be serious about development because it's a very serious one. Let us take development alone which investor would come to Zimbabwe to invest seriously for 14 million people?'

Source: Chronicle

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