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Villagers forced to contribute $1 for Mugabe

by Stephen Jakes
05 Jul 2017 at 07:24hrs | Views
A Mutare Rural District Council's Chief Executive officer and director for Destiny for Africa Nework Obadiah Msindo is alleged to have forced the villagers to contribute $1 for the stone sculpture handed over to President Robert Mugabe on June 16.

Heal Zimbabwe trust reported that residents of Destiny Park in Dangamvura ward 15 were forced to make $1 contributions per household on the 10th of June 2017 by Destiny for Africa Network officials acting on instructions from Obadiah Musindo the leader of Destiny for Africa Network.

"The money was meant to buy a stone sculpture of President Mugabe. The stone sculpture was handed over to the President on the 16th of June 2017 in Mutare during the Zanu PF youth interface rally.  The residents were all ordered to attend the rally at Sakubva stadium as a way of showing their allegiance to the President," said the trust.

The trust also said Zanu PF youths moved around schools ordering  school authorities to release buses that were used to ferry Zanu PF supporters to the rally that was attended by the President at Sakubva Stadium in Mutare on the 16th of  June 2017.

"Notable buses present at the rally include St Columbus Secondary School, Mutambara Secondary School, Marange Secondary School, Mweya Mutsvene and Gaza high school among many other buses," said the trust.

 In Nyanga South-Nyanga South Legislator and Minister for Information, Communication and Technology and Courier Services Hon Supa Mandiwanzira allegedly forced farmers to chant Zanu PF slogans during a community Horticulture field day in Mapagu Nyanga on 24 June 2017.

"This was regardless of the fact that the farmers were coming from different political persuasions," the trust claimed.

Source - Byo24News