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Mujuru urges church leaders to participate in Zanu-PF programmes
19 May 2013 at 10:15hrs | Views
Vice-President Joice Mujuru has urged church leaders to participate in Zanu-PF programmes in order to become economically empowered.
Speaking at a Gweru ministers fraternal church service in the city yesterday, Mujuru said it was disheartening that upon retirement many church leaders ended up destitute because they would have failed to take part in programmes like the land reform and indigenisation, among others.
She said it was surprising that there were so many church leaders who did not have farms because they thought that the land reform programme was "meant for other people".
"Don't be misled that you are not part of the land reform programme or the indigenisation exercise. The land is yours and I am surprised that many of you don't have a place of your own," Mujuru said.
The VP said church leaders who failed to join in the empowerment programmes end up grabbing church property when they retire.
She said church leaders should ensure that their followers also benefited from the empowerment programmes in order to end poverty in the church.
Speaking at a Gweru ministers fraternal church service in the city yesterday, Mujuru said it was disheartening that upon retirement many church leaders ended up destitute because they would have failed to take part in programmes like the land reform and indigenisation, among others.
She said it was surprising that there were so many church leaders who did not have farms because they thought that the land reform programme was "meant for other people".
"Don't be misled that you are not part of the land reform programme or the indigenisation exercise. The land is yours and I am surprised that many of you don't have a place of your own," Mujuru said.
The VP said church leaders who failed to join in the empowerment programmes end up grabbing church property when they retire.
She said church leaders should ensure that their followers also benefited from the empowerment programmes in order to end poverty in the church.
Source - thestandard
