HURUNGWE’s suspected two G40 heavyweights, Sarah Mahoka
(Hurungwe East MP) and former Higher Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa
(Magunje MP), were conspicuous by their absence at a function officiated by
First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa in Karoi on Friday, amid reports that they had
snubbed her.
Thousands of Zanu PF officials and activists thronged
Hurungwe Children’s Home, where the First Lady handed over food hampers to
seven children’s homes in Mashonaland West province.
Other top ruling party officials, who attended the event
include Provincial Affairs minister Webster Shamu, Reuben Marumahoko (Hurungwe
North MP), Keith Guzah (Hurungwe West) and Godfrey Beremauro (Hurungwe
Central), Makonde MP, Kindness Paradza and Chegutu West MP, Dexter Nduna.
Mahoka courted controversy early last year, when she
publicly challenged then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to declare his
interest in succeeding then President Robert Mugabe.
She, however, made a political U-turn a few weeks ago, when
she declared her willingness to work under Mnangagwa, following Mugabe’s ouster
in November last year.
Contacted for comment yesterday, Mahoka denied speculation
that she had snubbed the First Lady, saying the event was held when she was in
Sanyati attending a funeral.
‘I was not around. I was in Sanyati attending my niece’s
funeral. How could I have snubbed my daughter-in-law?,” she said. Newsday
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