Marondera Central legislator Caston Matewu (MDC Alliance)
has divided Zanu PF structures in the district after he recently joined First
Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to hand over a donation to needy communities in
Mahusekwa.
NewsDay is reliably informed that the party members wanted
their shadow MP, Cleopas Kundiona, to be part of the proceedings, instead of
Matewu, with the latter also facing criticism from a section of opposition
supporters accusing him of double-dipping.
Kundiona, a Zanu PF godfather in Marondera, lost to Matewu
in the 2018 general elections.
Auxillia’s philanthropic arm, Angel of Hope, reportedly
invited all the district’s three MPs, including Matewu, to bring the elderly to
Mahusekwa, where they received grocery donations.
This did not go down well with other Zanu PF supporters who
felt their own elderly party supporters were sidelined, while those from the
opposition party benefitted.
Some Zanu PF party officials have reportedly approached
their district leaders and local government officials to complain over the
matter.
“Last week, some Zanu PF supporters and leaders in
Marondera openly said that they were not happy with Matewu being part of the
First Lady’s delegation to Mahusekwa, saying they could have chosen their own.
They have since approached higher offices in the district over the matter,” a
top party official, who refused to be named, said.
“They are also angry over how some government officials
allowed Matewu to bring MDC party supporters as beneficiaries.”
Efforts to get a comment from Mashonaland East provincial
chairperson Joel Biggie Matiza were fruitless yesterday.
Pictures of Matewu and the elderly whom he brought from
central Marondera as beneficiaries went viral on social media, angering the
ruling party members in the process.
The MDC Alliance in Mashonaland East province has since
defended Matewu, saying there is no need to politicise food aid. Newsdau
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