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Mujuru 2018 campaign intensifies
18 Oct 2015 at 11:56hrs | Views
Zanu-PF outcasts are crafting strategies to sell Joice Mujuru as the ideal candidate to challenge President Robert Mugabe in the 2018 elections with messages revolving around her chances to be Zimbabwe's first female leader with liberation war credentials.
The former vice-president was fired from Zanu-PF last year for allegedly plotting to topple the 91-year-old Mugabe.
Several Cabinet ministers and Zanu-PF chairpersons were also fired for sympathising with her.
Some of the disgruntled former members of Mugabe's inner circle such as Rugare Gumbo and Didymus Mutasa are now pushing for a political party known as People First (PF), which they hope Mujuru will lead to the 2018 polls.
A new outfit fronted by former Zanu-PF MP and war veteran, Magaret Dongo, known as Movement for People First has crafted a document to sell Mujuru to the electorate. The 45-page document seen by The Standard is titled, Commitment to Zimbabwe - Draft People First Manifesto.
Mujuru has not stated her intentions to contest the polls but the publication of Build and her rejection of a government pension has led to speculation that she would challenge the man he once called her father.
The former vice-president was fired from Zanu-PF last year for allegedly plotting to topple the 91-year-old Mugabe.
Several Cabinet ministers and Zanu-PF chairpersons were also fired for sympathising with her.
A new outfit fronted by former Zanu-PF MP and war veteran, Magaret Dongo, known as Movement for People First has crafted a document to sell Mujuru to the electorate. The 45-page document seen by The Standard is titled, Commitment to Zimbabwe - Draft People First Manifesto.
Mujuru has not stated her intentions to contest the polls but the publication of Build and her rejection of a government pension has led to speculation that she would challenge the man he once called her father.
Source - standard
