ZANU PF councillor Masimbi Masimbi, who torched a heated controversy after declaring the Nyatsime area in Chitungwiza a ruling party territory, has ordered all residents in the area to attend a rally set to be addressed by President Mnangagwa on Wednesday.
Masimbi made headlines two weeks ago when he banned
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists from mourning their murdered
colleague Moreblessing Ali while wearing CCC party regalia claiming that the
Nyatsime area was a Zanu PF territory.
The area was later turned into a battle field as CCC and
Zanu PF supporters clashed.
In a Saturday evening audio sent on WhatsApp group
“Regularise Nyatsime Trust 2”, Masimbi, who is ward 9 (Nyatsime) councillor,
said he was targeting an attendance of 20 000 people.
“I have come back again Nyatsime residents. I want to speak
firmly on this issue. We are expecting the President on June 29. We want to shock the nation by a high turnout
as we welcome our President. We want to show him that we are behind him, we
will vote for him. Five million votes will come from this area,” Masimbi said.
“We need to show him that we are his children and everyone
needs title deeds. His visit and that of the whole province is a big blessing
to the ward. That day, schools should close for people to go and welcome our
President and prove that five million votes can come out of Nyatsime.”
This did not go down well with some residents in the group
who said this kind of communication should have been done in a Zanu PF WhatsApp
group.
“Comrade, why don’t you go to your party’s group.
Respect
that people in this group have different political affiliations,” said one of
the group members.
Masimbi replied: “I did not speak politics, I said let’s go
and welcome the country’s President and tell him our concerns which made this
group to be created such as the issue of title deeds. That’s the main purpose
of the group. Know that comrade.”
Newsday
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