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Kasukuwere, Wadyajena cross swords
24 Jun 2015 at 07:19hrs | Views
Tensions within Zanu-PF have escalated with party national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere accusing Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena of abusing Parliament to settle political scores on behalf of "certain political powers from Midlands".
Newsday's Parliamentary sources said a leaked letter written by Zanu-PF chief whip Joram Gumbo to Kasukuwere last week showed that the party's political commissar was not happy with the way Wadyajena was targeting him in investigations by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment.
A source said Kasukuwere had a strong belief that Wadyajena, the chairperson of the committee, was abusing parliamentary processes and privileges to settle political fights through the "so-called investigations into the manner he handled the community share ownership scheme as well as youth funds".
It is understood that Kasukuwere approached Gumbo requesting that Wadyajena, believed to be a strong ally of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, be removed as committee chair or "the province will not be supported in all its political bids".
Mnangagwa, touted as President Robert Mugabe's preferred successor, is from Midlands province, raising speculation that Wadyajena was doing the Vice-President's bidding.
Kasukuwere was reportedly at loggerheads with a faction aligned Mnangagwa, as he was said to be fronting a
group of young politicians called Generation 40.
In response to Kasukuwere's complaints, Gumbo wrote a letter, copied to the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mundenda, saying the minister was "lost in his assumptions that Wadyajena was being used by politicians from Midlands".
Gumbo yesterday confirmed being approached by Kasukuwere over the Wadyajena issue, but refused to disclose what they discussed, referring questions to Mudenda.
Newsday's Parliamentary sources said a leaked letter written by Zanu-PF chief whip Joram Gumbo to Kasukuwere last week showed that the party's political commissar was not happy with the way Wadyajena was targeting him in investigations by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment.
A source said Kasukuwere had a strong belief that Wadyajena, the chairperson of the committee, was abusing parliamentary processes and privileges to settle political fights through the "so-called investigations into the manner he handled the community share ownership scheme as well as youth funds".
It is understood that Kasukuwere approached Gumbo requesting that Wadyajena, believed to be a strong ally of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, be removed as committee chair or "the province will not be supported in all its political bids".
Mnangagwa, touted as President Robert Mugabe's preferred successor, is from Midlands province, raising speculation that Wadyajena was doing the Vice-President's bidding.
Kasukuwere was reportedly at loggerheads with a faction aligned Mnangagwa, as he was said to be fronting a
group of young politicians called Generation 40.
In response to Kasukuwere's complaints, Gumbo wrote a letter, copied to the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mundenda, saying the minister was "lost in his assumptions that Wadyajena was being used by politicians from Midlands".
Gumbo yesterday confirmed being approached by Kasukuwere over the Wadyajena issue, but refused to disclose what they discussed, referring questions to Mudenda.
Source - newsday
