He said all 11
Gutu chiefs are Zanu PF members and Chief Nyamandi must therefore join them and
work for the party under Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Matuke’s
statement is however a serious violation of the Constitution of Zimbabwe as the
law does not allow traditional leaders to be members of any political party.
He also warned
Chief Nyamandi of consequences of supporting any party other than Zanu PF.
“I want to warn
you that some chiefs spoil their chieftainship by supporting opposition parties
and therefore looking the wrong side. May I tell you President of Chiefs and
Deputy Minister Albert Mavunga that we have no problems with chiefs from Gutu.
All the eleven of them are looking at just one party. They don’t look at any
other party.
“We are
therefore today joined by Chief Nyamandi and we are confident that he will not
get lost. I must emphasise as one of the leaders of the area that we should
move together in the same direction with Chief Nyamandi,” said Matuke.
Matuke said he
and the late Vice President Simon Muzenda were the brains behind the elevation
of headman Nyamandi and headman Munyaradzi to chiefs, a few years back. He
urged Chief Nyamandi to remain grateful to Muzenda and him for that.
The upgrading
of this chieftainship was however, done on the basis of nepotism, according to
Matuke.
“The late VP
wanted to do something for Headman Nyamandi who is his uncle. He therefore said
the best gift to his uncles was to upgrade them from headmen to chiefs. I also
wanted to do something for my people the vaHera, so I recommended the upgrading
of the Munyaradzi headman to a chief,” said Matuke. Masvingo Mirror
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