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Mujuru launches a scathing attack on her critics
28 Sep 2014 at 18:31hrs | Views
Zanu-PF factionalism is raging on with Vice President Joice Mujuru yesterday launching a scathing attack on her critics telling youths in the presence of President Robert Mugabe that the party had been invaded by know-it-all individuals.
Speaking at Harare International Airport soon after Mugabe arrived from the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Mujuru warned Zanu-PF officials against solving party matters in public.
Mujuru spoke as MPs believed to sympathise with her in the race to succeed Mugabe have been accused of spying for the United States government and have been dubbed the Dirty 12.
One of the MPs accused of working with the US authorities, Temba Mliswa however furiously hit back at the allegations claiming that the accusations were being created by Information Minister Jonathan Moyo as part of the factional fights in Zanu-PF.
Mujuru yesterday decided to send the message home in the presence of Mugabe and said:
"Ndinozvitaura futi zvandakataura kuChinhoyi muna February vanhu vakati ndakupenga. Tinofanira kuvhara hapwa mumusangano, hatidi vanhu vanopindira voita kunge vanoziva stereki…..kana kuzvigure kune mitemo yako, tinokwanisa kuzvida asi hatizviite nekuti hatizivi zvierwa zvako. Ndizvo zvimwe chete nekumusangano weZanu-PF kune zvierwa zvako zvinofanira kutevedzwa."People thought I was out of my mind in Chinhoyi in February. I said let's keep our issues inside the party not engage in public fights. We don't want people who come into the party claiming to know more than all of us.
"Even traditional dancers follow certain rules which they respect. Even in Zanu-PF, we have rules that have to be followed," said Mujuru.
On Friday, Mliswa came out guns blazing accusing Moyo of promoting factionalism in the party and working with US agents.
In an interview at Parliament building on Friday, Mliswa dismissed as fallacy accusations by unidentified Zanu-PF officials that he was part of the "Dirty 12" MPs who were spying for the US government in return for cash and well funded projects in their constituencies.
Mliswa, like the other MPs being accused of spying for the Americans claimed that the agenda to discredit him and others in the State media was being fronted by Moyo.
While Moyo was not available for comment on the latest attacks, he last week dismissed accusations that he was behind the Dirty 12 plot.
He told the Daily News that: "I wish I were as creative as is being alleged by quarters that know or should know better. But I do understand what's going on because being blamed in this manner has become too common and fashionable.
"I guess because it is in good currency among those in our midst, who have imaginary enemies and who are unwilling or unable to take responsibility for what they do or do not do. Such is life these days."
But Mliswa accused the Information minister of malice and insisted that while he had not received any funding from the US embassy, he would openly accept their assistance for his constituency.
"The biggest American agent we have in Zanu-PF is Jonathan Moyo, who did his university education in USA, and then later worked for the Ford Foundation in Kenya, also an organisation of Americans.
"So how does Jonathan (Moyo) know that the MPs are working with the CIA if he is not working with them? " asked Mliswa.
He said as Information minister, Moyo had authorised the publication of articles in the State media labelling him part of the Dirty 12 saying this was a desperate attempt to tarnish his image and that of 11 others.
Mliswa said he was going ahead to apply for funding under the US Ambassador's Special Self-Help Programme.
"The people in my constituency need help and I am going to seek aid from the US Embassy as I see nothing wrong with that considering the country is using its currency," he said.
"In this country, we are using the US currency approved by our
Cabinet, so is he (Moyo) implying that we have a dirty Cabinet? We also have our health system in the country getting help and money from USA, like the provision of anti-retroviral drugs, is this also dirty?" he questioned.
Mliswa was named amongst 12 MPs alleged to have held secret meetings with US Embassy officials where they allegedly gave briefings on classified internal discussions related to party‘s succession politics.
The 12 MPs named by the State media are Paul Mavima, (Gokwe Sengwa,) Walter Kanhanga (Guruve North,) Adam Chimwamurombe (Chipinge West,) Chriswell Mutematsaka (Guruve South,) Batsirayi
Pemhanayi (Mutare North), Enock Porusingazi (Chipinge South), Tapiwanashe Matangaidze (Shurugwi South), Temba Mliswa (Hurungwe West), Kindness Paradza (Makonde), David Butau (Mbire) and Simbaneuta Mudarikwa (Uzumba).
The MPs are accused of soliciting for donations from Washington, with US embassy staffer Eric Little, allegedly at the heart of the spying saga.
The State media also alleged the MPs received money as grants and aid amounting to $90 000, which was disbursed to their constituencies through non-governmental organisations for projects to enhance their communities.
Mliswa said the Dirty Dozen campaign was part of factionalism and political fighting within Zanu-PF, as the party prepares to hold its elective congress in December to choose new leadership.
"We can expect more of such stories as we approach our congress. What is very surprising is that the MPs being labelled dirty are mainly from Mashonaland East, West and Central Province provinces and we ask ourselves what is going on here, " said Mliswa.
Four of the MPs including Tapiwa Matangaidze, Kindness Paradza, Enock Porusingazi and the MDC's Willias Madzimure said they had no illusion this was all a consequence of the ugly infighting in Zanu-PF.
Speaking at Harare International Airport soon after Mugabe arrived from the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Mujuru warned Zanu-PF officials against solving party matters in public.
Mujuru spoke as MPs believed to sympathise with her in the race to succeed Mugabe have been accused of spying for the United States government and have been dubbed the Dirty 12.
One of the MPs accused of working with the US authorities, Temba Mliswa however furiously hit back at the allegations claiming that the accusations were being created by Information Minister Jonathan Moyo as part of the factional fights in Zanu-PF.
Mujuru yesterday decided to send the message home in the presence of Mugabe and said:
"Ndinozvitaura futi zvandakataura kuChinhoyi muna February vanhu vakati ndakupenga. Tinofanira kuvhara hapwa mumusangano, hatidi vanhu vanopindira voita kunge vanoziva stereki…..kana kuzvigure kune mitemo yako, tinokwanisa kuzvida asi hatizviite nekuti hatizivi zvierwa zvako. Ndizvo zvimwe chete nekumusangano weZanu-PF kune zvierwa zvako zvinofanira kutevedzwa."People thought I was out of my mind in Chinhoyi in February. I said let's keep our issues inside the party not engage in public fights. We don't want people who come into the party claiming to know more than all of us.
"Even traditional dancers follow certain rules which they respect. Even in Zanu-PF, we have rules that have to be followed," said Mujuru.
On Friday, Mliswa came out guns blazing accusing Moyo of promoting factionalism in the party and working with US agents.
In an interview at Parliament building on Friday, Mliswa dismissed as fallacy accusations by unidentified Zanu-PF officials that he was part of the "Dirty 12" MPs who were spying for the US government in return for cash and well funded projects in their constituencies.
Mliswa, like the other MPs being accused of spying for the Americans claimed that the agenda to discredit him and others in the State media was being fronted by Moyo.
While Moyo was not available for comment on the latest attacks, he last week dismissed accusations that he was behind the Dirty 12 plot.
He told the Daily News that: "I wish I were as creative as is being alleged by quarters that know or should know better. But I do understand what's going on because being blamed in this manner has become too common and fashionable.
"I guess because it is in good currency among those in our midst, who have imaginary enemies and who are unwilling or unable to take responsibility for what they do or do not do. Such is life these days."
But Mliswa accused the Information minister of malice and insisted that while he had not received any funding from the US embassy, he would openly accept their assistance for his constituency.
"So how does Jonathan (Moyo) know that the MPs are working with the CIA if he is not working with them? " asked Mliswa.
He said as Information minister, Moyo had authorised the publication of articles in the State media labelling him part of the Dirty 12 saying this was a desperate attempt to tarnish his image and that of 11 others.
Mliswa said he was going ahead to apply for funding under the US Ambassador's Special Self-Help Programme.
"The people in my constituency need help and I am going to seek aid from the US Embassy as I see nothing wrong with that considering the country is using its currency," he said.
"In this country, we are using the US currency approved by our
Cabinet, so is he (Moyo) implying that we have a dirty Cabinet? We also have our health system in the country getting help and money from USA, like the provision of anti-retroviral drugs, is this also dirty?" he questioned.
Mliswa was named amongst 12 MPs alleged to have held secret meetings with US Embassy officials where they allegedly gave briefings on classified internal discussions related to party‘s succession politics.
The 12 MPs named by the State media are Paul Mavima, (Gokwe Sengwa,) Walter Kanhanga (Guruve North,) Adam Chimwamurombe (Chipinge West,) Chriswell Mutematsaka (Guruve South,) Batsirayi
Pemhanayi (Mutare North), Enock Porusingazi (Chipinge South), Tapiwanashe Matangaidze (Shurugwi South), Temba Mliswa (Hurungwe West), Kindness Paradza (Makonde), David Butau (Mbire) and Simbaneuta Mudarikwa (Uzumba).
The MPs are accused of soliciting for donations from Washington, with US embassy staffer Eric Little, allegedly at the heart of the spying saga.
The State media also alleged the MPs received money as grants and aid amounting to $90 000, which was disbursed to their constituencies through non-governmental organisations for projects to enhance their communities.
Mliswa said the Dirty Dozen campaign was part of factionalism and political fighting within Zanu-PF, as the party prepares to hold its elective congress in December to choose new leadership.
"We can expect more of such stories as we approach our congress. What is very surprising is that the MPs being labelled dirty are mainly from Mashonaland East, West and Central Province provinces and we ask ourselves what is going on here, " said Mliswa.
Four of the MPs including Tapiwa Matangaidze, Kindness Paradza, Enock Porusingazi and the MDC's Willias Madzimure said they had no illusion this was all a consequence of the ugly infighting in Zanu-PF.
Source - dailynews
