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'Mujuru not yet finished,' says Grace Mugabe
22 Nov 2015 at 08:52hrs | Views
First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday claimed former Vice-President Joice Mujuru was busy mobilising people ahead of the 2018 elections, warning that Zanu-PF can ignore her at its own peril.
Grace told thousands of Zanu-PF supporters in Murewa that Ray Kaukonde, Mashonaland East's former Zanu-PF chairman, was leading Mujuru's mobilisation strategy targeting mostly youths.
She said the Mujuru strategy was to go for youths, as young as 15 years as they would be eligible to vote come 2018.
"I hear the Mujuru demon is still in the province. We hear Kaukonde is busy giving people money. Please don't receive dirty money," she said.
"The enemy is still there; I hear children who are 15 years are being targeted because they don't know the history of this country.
"Ask your children where they are getting cellphones. They are campaigning for 2018 because they know then they will be eligible to vote."
Grace urged the youth league to monitor their peers and guard against Mujuru's alleged maneouvres.
She threatened to deal with Kaukonde "until he gets tall". She said the former MP should be dragged before the courts for allegedly extorting money from white farmers in the province.
Grace also claimed there were people within Zanu-PF who were spying for Mujuru.
"Zanu-PF is being used by people to make money. There are people who join Zanu-PF to use the party to make money but they are People First. They are being paid to spy," she said.
"I was talking to [national commissar Saviour] Kasukuwere and telling him there is a demon in Mashonaland East.
"I did not take demons to Mashonaland West but some brought demons here," she said in apparent reference to Mujuru who hails from Mashonaland Central but was married to the late retied general Solomon Mujuru who hails from Mashonaland East.
Mujuru and her allies were expelled from Zanu-PF before and after the 2014 congress for allegedly trying to topple Mugabe, allegations that were never pursued or proved. The former Zanu-PF officials are now mobilising to challenge Mugabe under the People First banner.
Grace told thousands of Zanu-PF supporters in Murewa that Ray Kaukonde, Mashonaland East's former Zanu-PF chairman, was leading Mujuru's mobilisation strategy targeting mostly youths.
She said the Mujuru strategy was to go for youths, as young as 15 years as they would be eligible to vote come 2018.
"I hear the Mujuru demon is still in the province. We hear Kaukonde is busy giving people money. Please don't receive dirty money," she said.
"The enemy is still there; I hear children who are 15 years are being targeted because they don't know the history of this country.
"Ask your children where they are getting cellphones. They are campaigning for 2018 because they know then they will be eligible to vote."
Grace urged the youth league to monitor their peers and guard against Mujuru's alleged maneouvres.
She threatened to deal with Kaukonde "until he gets tall". She said the former MP should be dragged before the courts for allegedly extorting money from white farmers in the province.
Grace also claimed there were people within Zanu-PF who were spying for Mujuru.
"Zanu-PF is being used by people to make money. There are people who join Zanu-PF to use the party to make money but they are People First. They are being paid to spy," she said.
"I was talking to [national commissar Saviour] Kasukuwere and telling him there is a demon in Mashonaland East.
"I did not take demons to Mashonaland West but some brought demons here," she said in apparent reference to Mujuru who hails from Mashonaland Central but was married to the late retied general Solomon Mujuru who hails from Mashonaland East.
Mujuru and her allies were expelled from Zanu-PF before and after the 2014 congress for allegedly trying to topple Mugabe, allegations that were never pursued or proved. The former Zanu-PF officials are now mobilising to challenge Mugabe under the People First banner.
Source - the standard
