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Zanu-PF has re-admitted Bikita West House of Assembly representative Dr Munyaradzi Kereke into the party.
He was expelled from the party for insubordination after he defied a directive not to contest the Bikita West seat on a Zanu-PF ticket in last year’s harmonised elections.

Dr Kereke refused to pave way for the preferred candidate Elias Musakwa.

Zanu-PF went on to field two candidates.

Dr Kereke won the election after defeating Musakwa and Heya Shoko of MDC-T.

The Masvingo provincial council recommended the re-admission of Dr Kereke at the just-ended Zanu-PF National People’s Congress held in Harare.

Zanu-PF acting Masvingo provincial chairman Paradzai Chakona yesterday confirmed the re-admission of Dr Kereke into the party.

Chakona said the Zanu-PF Politburo did not object to the recommendation by the Masvingo provincial council.

“The issue (of Dr Kereke) was tabled before the Politburo and there were no objections to our request to have him re-admitted. We’re now just waiting for official correspondence from the new secretary for administration Cde Ignatius Chombo but the matter was finalised before congress,’’ said Chakona.

The Zanu-PF acting chairman said they expected Cde Chombo to officially communicate the decision to the province soon.

The re-admission of Dr Kereke was also confirmed by Politburo member Josaya Hungwe.

“Dr Kereke’s issue was dealt with and it was agreed that there was nothing wrong with a recommendation from Masvingo province to have him re-admitted into Zanu-PF,’’ said Cde Hungwe.

Delegates who attended the Zanu-PF inter-district conference held prior to congress overwhelmingly endorsed the decision to re-admit Dr Kereke.

This was after Zanu-PF structures in Bikita had made submissions requesting the Masvingo provincial leadership to recommend Dr Kereke’s re-admission into the party.

They said re-admitting Dr Kereke would make Masvingo a one-party state as Zanu-PF would control all the 26 House of Assembly seats in the province.