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Zanu-PF war, Mujuru tells Mutasa to zip it
25 Nov 2013 at 02:42hrs | Views
VICE President Joice Mujuru on Friday advised Presidential Affairs Minister Didymus Mutasa to take it easy when people criticise him.
She was speaking at a Zanu-PF fundraising dinner after Mutasa, who is also the Zanu-PF secretary for administration, said some people were scandalising him through the media and abusing their offices.
VP Mujuru said she would not respond to any utterances made on her in the media, saying the best way was to keep quiet.
"I want to advise our Secretary for Administration that what makes me remain smiling is that I give myself a lot of time to think about others and say to myself, if I were to respond to certain utterances how far will that go?" she said.
"The best thing is to just keep quiet, take your bible, you read. So, I want to advise Baba Mutasa tonight, Ambuya vangu, amwene vangu, Mrs Mutasa, I know she goes to church, she has a Bible. Please borrow him and he reads Proverbs Chapter 11 verses 5, 6, 7, 9 and 18. You find your answers there. I thank you."
While introducing VP Mujuru to the guests at the dinner, Mutasa had said he had never heard Vice President Mujuru on any occasion saying that she longed to be the President of Zimbabwe.
"There are those that are scandalising us through newspapers," he said.
"I think that is absolutely wrong, misusing the media and in certain instances when people behave that way, that is sometimes referred to as corruption.
"You don't use your office to scandalise those who are not in the same office and those who cannot respond to those words."
Mutasa said he had been referred to as "dwarfs in huge robes" and could not respond to that since he was not in charge of any newspaper.
"You see, when you refer to us as dwarfs in huge robes, how do you expect me to answer? Because I am not in charge of any newspaper," he said.
"I can only go to newspapers to answer, but which newspaper will I use if my own newspaper refers to me that way."
He said if VP Mujuru was going to be the President of Zimbabwe in future, it would be because people would have chosen her.
She was speaking at a Zanu-PF fundraising dinner after Mutasa, who is also the Zanu-PF secretary for administration, said some people were scandalising him through the media and abusing their offices.
VP Mujuru said she would not respond to any utterances made on her in the media, saying the best way was to keep quiet.
"I want to advise our Secretary for Administration that what makes me remain smiling is that I give myself a lot of time to think about others and say to myself, if I were to respond to certain utterances how far will that go?" she said.
"The best thing is to just keep quiet, take your bible, you read. So, I want to advise Baba Mutasa tonight, Ambuya vangu, amwene vangu, Mrs Mutasa, I know she goes to church, she has a Bible. Please borrow him and he reads Proverbs Chapter 11 verses 5, 6, 7, 9 and 18. You find your answers there. I thank you."
While introducing VP Mujuru to the guests at the dinner, Mutasa had said he had never heard Vice President Mujuru on any occasion saying that she longed to be the President of Zimbabwe.
"I think that is absolutely wrong, misusing the media and in certain instances when people behave that way, that is sometimes referred to as corruption.
"You don't use your office to scandalise those who are not in the same office and those who cannot respond to those words."
Mutasa said he had been referred to as "dwarfs in huge robes" and could not respond to that since he was not in charge of any newspaper.
"You see, when you refer to us as dwarfs in huge robes, how do you expect me to answer? Because I am not in charge of any newspaper," he said.
"I can only go to newspapers to answer, but which newspaper will I use if my own newspaper refers to me that way."
He said if VP Mujuru was going to be the President of Zimbabwe in future, it would be because people would have chosen her.
Source - chronicle
