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Mujuru in Zanu-PF leadership 'to stay'
27 Sep 2013 at 14:21hrs | Views
ZANU PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa yesterday said Vice-President Joice Mujuru is in the party leadership "to stay".
Mutasa made the remarks while introducing Mujuru who was officially opening the Agro-Business, Food and Nutrition Security dialogue in Harare yesterday.
"Our guest of honour is here to stay, make no mistake about it," Mutasa said, adding it was the rule in Zanu PF that "the next in line introduces the guest of honour. We don't just invite anybody to do that".
Mutasa is fourth in the Zanu PF hierarchy and next to Mujuru in the absence of party national chairperson Simon Khaya Moyo.
Mujuru immediately reacted by saying she would love to remain in the party leadership for life "not through manipulating people, but doing good to the people of Zimbabwe".
In her speech, Mujuru, who is currently the Acting President in the absence of President Robert Mugabe who is attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York, said the current Zanu PF government was results-oriented.
Mujuru said the dialogue, whose theme was Leveraging Agricultural Opportunities For Growth, should find lasting solutions in improving the agricultural industry and improve the economy and food security of the country.
"This, in my view, will greatly reduce poverty in Zimbabwe," Mujuru said.
Speaking at the same event, Agriculture minister Joseph Made said the agricultural sector remained underfunded, a state of affairs he said affected production in areas hit by recurrent droughts.
Mutasa made the remarks while introducing Mujuru who was officially opening the Agro-Business, Food and Nutrition Security dialogue in Harare yesterday.
"Our guest of honour is here to stay, make no mistake about it," Mutasa said, adding it was the rule in Zanu PF that "the next in line introduces the guest of honour. We don't just invite anybody to do that".
Mutasa is fourth in the Zanu PF hierarchy and next to Mujuru in the absence of party national chairperson Simon Khaya Moyo.
Mujuru immediately reacted by saying she would love to remain in the party leadership for life "not through manipulating people, but doing good to the people of Zimbabwe".
In her speech, Mujuru, who is currently the Acting President in the absence of President Robert Mugabe who is attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York, said the current Zanu PF government was results-oriented.
Mujuru said the dialogue, whose theme was Leveraging Agricultural Opportunities For Growth, should find lasting solutions in improving the agricultural industry and improve the economy and food security of the country.
"This, in my view, will greatly reduce poverty in Zimbabwe," Mujuru said.
Speaking at the same event, Agriculture minister Joseph Made said the agricultural sector remained underfunded, a state of affairs he said affected production in areas hit by recurrent droughts.
Source - newsday
