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Minister Muchinguri

Takunda Maodza Harare Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe was subjected to an election and anyone eyeing any position in the party must be chosen by the masses to prevent the hi-jacking of the revolutionary project by opportunists, Zanu-PF Secretary for Women’s Affairs, Cde Oppah Muchinguri, said yesterday.
Speaking in Mazowe where the Women’s League unanimously recommended the appointment of First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe as Secretary for Women’s Affairs, Cde Muchinguri said Zanu-PF was no longer the vibrant revolutionary party it used to be due to infiltration by ambitious opportunists.

“Tinotsigira baba wedu kusvika ivo vega vataura kuti ndaneta. Muparty mazara zvipfukuto mhai zvisingazivi kwatakabva, patiri nekwatiri kuenda. Vanhu varikuuya kushopping mu Zanu-PF vasingazivi kuti Zimbabwe yakauya neropa,” she said.
Cde Muchinguri said some ambitious party cadres were so impatient to the extent they wished President Mugabe to step down for selfish reasons.

“Vamwe vakanga vasingade maelections (2013) vava kuti tabatana neMDC. Vamwe vavakuti baba ngavaende hanzi vachembera. Baba vaMugabe vakasvatuka. Munhu anozvininipisa vanotanga vafunga vamwe vanhu vasati vazvifunga ivo.”

She added: “Ma divisions ava muparty haatikomborere. Kunevamwe vatononokerwa vavakuti vaMugabe ngavachibva. Tinozviziva Amai hatitaurirwe tirimo mukati mezvigevenga.”

Cde Muchinguri said the Women’s League knew those destabilising Zanu-PF.
“Asi tinowaziwa vanhu vacho. President vakavhoterwa nevanhu tinoda kuvhoterwa kwete kuzvi imposer on people. Kwava nekatsika ke mob psychology. We end up tava nema leader asina kubva kuvanhu. Munhu akavhoterwa ndi President Mugabe. Munhu wese ngaende pa test,” she said.

Cde Muchinguri said Zanu-PF provincial elections held last year ushered the wrong people into office.
“After elections kwakabva kwaitwa ma elections echitsotsi. Mamwe acho vamwe vakapinda vasina kusevha kana musero (cells), ndivo vakapinda mumapositions. Ndiri kutaura izvi nekuti musangano we Zanu-PF watakasiya vamwe kuMozambique, Zanu-PF yachinja haisisiri Zanu-PF chaiyo.

“Vamwe vaivhoterwa mumabhawa vachitenga vanhu mhani. Vakatsvagwa vanopopota kuti vadzikisire vanhu vanenge vari pachokwadi,” she said.

Added Cde Muchinguri: “Toti vanhu vakapinda nechitsotsi ikezvino tirikuenda kuma elections the Women ne Youth League vanhu vava ku imposer kuti tirikuda uyu. Haisi Zanu-PF yava imwe party. Uwone munhu wacho arikuita izvozvo akauya nezuro muparty.

Manyangira yavona. Ikezvino vari busy kudzinga vanhu kuti vasa contester. We are not fools. Mungaita pamusoro asi povho pasi irikuona.”

She said the internal fights over positions in the party had seen some people being targets of elimination by rivals.
“Isu taida kuurawa kakawanda – muma car accidents, mun’anga. Hatityi, chakatiponesa muhondo hamuchizivi,” Cde Muchinguri said.
She said only Amai Mugabe would bring sanity to the Women’s League.

“Vaindidherera ini. Varume vakanga vavakuti musaite ma meetings nezvimwe zvakawanda. Regai titange Chimurenga tichivaratidza kuti tiripano,” Cde Muchinguri said.

Amai Mugabe thanked Cde Muchinguri for the powerful speech.
“Experience is the best teacher. That was a powerful speech,” she said.

Zanu-PF Youth and Women’s Leagues are holding their conference next month while the party goes for an elective congress in December.