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'MDC-T sliding into extinction,' says Perence Shiri
11 Mar 2014 at 07:00hrs | Views
MDC-T is sliding into extinction as cracks continue to widen in the faction-riddled party which is embroiled in a bitter leadership wrangle, Air Force of Zimbabwe Commander, Air Marshal Perence Shiri said yesterday.
Speaking at the burial of Wing Commander Tongayi Brian Muchenje who was declared a provincial war hero, Air Marshal Shiri told mourners at Harare Provincial Heroes Acre at Warren Hills cemetery that Zanu-PF's resounding victory during the July 31 harmonised elections last year had left MDC-T in disarray.
"Tinofara nekukutenda Wing Commander Muchenje nebasa guru rawakaita. Zvino zvawaenda kudai wonoudza Mbuya Nehanda naSekuru Kaguvi kuti kuno tavakuzvitonga zvizere. Ivhu redu takatora. (We are happy and grateful to you Wing Commander Muchenje for the great work you did. Now that you are gone, tell Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi that we are now fully independent. We have reclaimed our land.)
"Zvimbwasungata zvakavhiringwa pamaelections (Puppets were confused by the elections and now they are in disarray. They are now following the path of (late Unita leader Jonas) Savimbi," he said.
Wing Commander Muchenje who was assigned to Zimbabwe Defence Forces Headquarters as Staff Officer One (Foreign Services) died last Friday when the car he was driving rammed into a tree along Joshua Nkomo Road (Airport Road) in Harare.
He was 44.
A funeral parade in his honour was held at Manyame Air Base before he was laid to rest at Warren Hills.
Speaking at the burial of Wing Commander Tongayi Brian Muchenje who was declared a provincial war hero, Air Marshal Shiri told mourners at Harare Provincial Heroes Acre at Warren Hills cemetery that Zanu-PF's resounding victory during the July 31 harmonised elections last year had left MDC-T in disarray.
"Tinofara nekukutenda Wing Commander Muchenje nebasa guru rawakaita. Zvino zvawaenda kudai wonoudza Mbuya Nehanda naSekuru Kaguvi kuti kuno tavakuzvitonga zvizere. Ivhu redu takatora. (We are happy and grateful to you Wing Commander Muchenje for the great work you did. Now that you are gone, tell Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi that we are now fully independent. We have reclaimed our land.)
"Zvimbwasungata zvakavhiringwa pamaelections (Puppets were confused by the elections and now they are in disarray. They are now following the path of (late Unita leader Jonas) Savimbi," he said.
Wing Commander Muchenje who was assigned to Zimbabwe Defence Forces Headquarters as Staff Officer One (Foreign Services) died last Friday when the car he was driving rammed into a tree along Joshua Nkomo Road (Airport Road) in Harare.
He was 44.
A funeral parade in his honour was held at Manyame Air Base before he was laid to rest at Warren Hills.
Source - chronicle
