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Moyo 'viewed by many as gamatox' says Mugabe
04 Mar 2015 at 06:42hrs | Views
President Mugabe last week explained why he selected Phelekezela Mphoko as one of his Vice Presidents instead of Simon Khaya Moyo, who is being "viewed by many as part of the gamatox ."
In an interview with ZTV on the eve of his birthday bash, Mugabe said "when Mphoko finally got hitched and when we appointed him, I had listened to lots of views from the people. Matabeleland South, Matabeleland North, I was asking them and making comparisons."
"Some thought SK was going to get it, others said SK has no real history of the struggle. Some came in saying Mohadi, I talked to Mohadi, I talked to Mphoko, I talked to SK, I talked to Msipa, all those from the Zapu side and finally to me the man who had a good record in the past and a record which sustained his drive up to the end was Mphoko."
"It was Mphoko versus Mohadi. Mohadi when I asked him, he said Mphoko yes I agree, his instructor at one time but he said now he is Ambassador and I'm a Minister who has more experience, it's what he said," said the President.
"I told SK that no he was viewed by many as part of the gamatox thing, that he was very close to Mutasa and Mai Mujuru but we couldn't just dump everybody, others we want to give a chance, we gave them a chance but we abolished the chairmanship as it was.
"One of the Vice-Presidents will be chairman of the party and that's how we used to have it in the past anyway, we then brought the chairmanship at the time we signed our December 1987 Agreement, Unity Agreement when we said (the late Dr Joshua) Nkomo was now Vice-President."
In an interview with ZTV on the eve of his birthday bash, Mugabe said "when Mphoko finally got hitched and when we appointed him, I had listened to lots of views from the people. Matabeleland South, Matabeleland North, I was asking them and making comparisons."
"Some thought SK was going to get it, others said SK has no real history of the struggle. Some came in saying Mohadi, I talked to Mohadi, I talked to Mphoko, I talked to SK, I talked to Msipa, all those from the Zapu side and finally to me the man who had a good record in the past and a record which sustained his drive up to the end was Mphoko."
"I told SK that no he was viewed by many as part of the gamatox thing, that he was very close to Mutasa and Mai Mujuru but we couldn't just dump everybody, others we want to give a chance, we gave them a chance but we abolished the chairmanship as it was.
"One of the Vice-Presidents will be chairman of the party and that's how we used to have it in the past anyway, we then brought the chairmanship at the time we signed our December 1987 Agreement, Unity Agreement when we said (the late Dr Joshua) Nkomo was now Vice-President."
Source - Byo24News
