THE opposition MDC-T has been caught in a vote buying scam
where some of the party members in Bulawayo are allegedly going around
promising home owners that the party will soon be writing off the debts the
residents owe to city council.
The unscrupulous individuals are reportedly telling people
that they will use their dominance within the council to pass a resolution that
will compel the local authority to write off debts for the elderly and less
privileged. This comes despite the local authority recently revealing that they
will be appealing against any possible debt write-off as the country approaches
the 2018 general elections.
The Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National
Housing, Cde Saviour Kasukuwere has also said there won’t be any debt write-off
for owing residents next year.
Investigations by Sunday News revealed that MDC-T members
were targeting the elderly in Makokoba and Mzilikazi compiling a list of people
who will allegedly benefit from the reprieve. The alleged individuals, led by
the district women’s chairperson, Mrs Khumbulani Mpofu are allegedly aligned to
Mr Sibangilizwe Msipa who is eyeing to represent the party in the constituency
in next year’s elections.
Ironically, Mr Msipa had dumped the party to contest,
initially under the Professor Welshman Ncube led MDC and later as an
Independent candidate. Party sources have since claimed that Mr Msipa is now
strongly linked to the party’s deputy president Thokozani Khupe’s camp within
the opposition party.
However, another source with strong links to the MDC-T
fingered officials from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), alleging that they
were the ones writing down the names in the pretext that they were working with
a certain embassy which was willing to release funds for the debt write-off.
Contacted for comment, Mrs Mpofu confirmed being aware of
the issue but distanced herself from it.
“Yes, I know that there are such happenings in Makokoba but
I only heard about it and went to watch from a distance, people just want to
fabricate the whole issue and ruin my name. This is politics, people can do
anything to bring you down,” said Mrs Mpofu. sunday news
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