IT was all joy for members of the Johane Marange Apostolic
Church from Mutare South constituency, who attended the Passover Feast at
Mafararikwa shrine, Bocha in Marange after each of them was handed over a bar
of soap at the end of the 17-day event.
Hundreds of the St Noah Mutumwa Taguta led church on Wednesday
gathered at Chief Zimunya’s court hall at 22 Miles where each of them received
bars of soap, courtesy of Zanu PF candidate for Mutare South Cde Jefrey Ngome.
President Mnangagwa attended the Passover Feast on Saturday
where the church said his victory was not only certain, but guaranteed.
Cde Ngome said his decision came following calls for help
from members of the Johane Marange who wanted to attend the Passover Feast.
“As I was growing up, I used to hear many of the Johane
Marange followers mourning after failing to attend one of their churches
biggest event,” he said.
“When I was touring the constituency after romping to
victory during the primary elections, the same sad story was also being told
among the Johane Marange Apostolic Church members. I then sat down with my team
and looked at ways of assisting them.
“It was when we came up with the idea of providing them
with transport to and from Mafararikwa. We also realised that after spending
days at the shrine, their garments would be dirty hence the idea of assisting
them with soap,” he said.
Cde Ngome thanked Mutumwa Taguta for affording him an
opportunity to be among his flock at his shrine during the Passover Feast.
He said it was one of his rare moments in life to be at
such a big gathering.
More than 250 000 attended the event.
Mr Allias Madari, of Mabiya Village, could not hide his joy
after receiving the soap saying Cde Ngome’s gesture would go a long way in
helping his fellow congregants.
He said Cde Ngome’s gesture came as a surprise since no one
was expecting to receive soap on their return from Mafararikwa shrine.
“We would like to thank Cde Ngome who assisted us with
transport to and from Mafararikwa. We are happy that even those who could not
afford to raise money to the shrine managed to attend the event. On our return
we have been blessed with soap and everyone is happy,” he said.
Mrs Winnet Mudariki also thanked Cde Ngome for giving them
transport and soap.
“If it was not because of him I would be home as we speak.
“This is not the only thing that he has done to people of
Mutare South, but there are lot of projects that he has done that includes road
maintenance,” she said.
Cde Ngome has since lined up various projects in the constituency.
He is also planning to train youths in gold mining new technologies. Manica
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