ZANU PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi, who is on a countrywide tour to meet chiefs, headmen and village heads, has pleaded with them to support the ruling party.
On Sunday, Mohadi visited Gokwe South, where he addressed
chiefs, headmen and village heads, telling them that the country only has one
party called Zanu PF.
Several Gokwe Zanu PF legislators attended the event which
was snubbed by Gokwe-Kana legislator and former State Security minister Owen
“Mudha” Ncube. Public Service minister Paul Mavhima arrived late when the
master of ceremony Tawanda Karikoga, who is the Zanu PF district chairperson,
had already acknowledged his absence.
Mohadi, who resigned after messy sex scandals, said:
“Please we are asking you our chiefs, headmen and village heads to develop your
organisation (Zanu PF). Zanu PF is your party, did you know that? Know it from
today that Zanu PF is your party. We want to fight this war against the West
fronted opposition.
“Zanu PF liberated this country. Did you know that this party
is yours? We want you to increase the number of people to vote Zanu PF. Did you
hear we want five million votes next year? We want them to vote for Zanu PF and
through you, we know we will achieve that.”
While claiming that some chiefs, headmen and village heads
were afraid to express their allegiance to Zanu PF, Mohadi told the traditional
leaders that some unnamed people would be coming to the villages to work with
them registering all villagers in Zanu PF books.
“This is your party and we want you to forgive those who
come back to Zanu PF. We are asking you forgiveness again that our children
will come to work with you in your areas to organise you in your areas, so
please accept them,” the former Vice-President said.
“We want every village head to give us people we will check
according to your register … If we are organised, we will rule until the
donkeys have horns. Some opposition said we had done a coup and that we are a
military government, but we don’t care.”
He warned village heads against registering the identity
documents of people who were dead and those in the diaspora to hoodwink the
party that it had supporters.
Turning to factional fights in the ruling party, he
declared: “VaMavhima siyanai nenyaya ye (Cde Mavhima, stop fomenting)
factionalism. I said Mavhima because he is the leader of the district.”
The previous day, Mohadi had addressed chiefs, village
heads and headmen in Gokwe North. Newsday
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