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Misihairabwi-Mushonga defy doctors orders to quit politics
31 Jan 2016 at 10:44hrs | Views
Former MDC Secretary General Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has revealed that doctors ordered her to quit politics because of trauma.
However, she defied the orders by reducing her work-load through stepping down as secretary general.
"I had to shed off some of my responsibilities like being a secretary-general of [the Welshman Ncube-led MDC because there were too many things to do."
She said her responsibilities had become too much for her when she was appointed Regional Integration minister during the Government of National Unity and at the same time, she was traumatised after she lost her husband, Chris Mushonga, during a botched robbery.
"I was traumatised, and because of my responsibilities as a minister and secretary-general of the MDC, I did not take time to deal with the trauma."
"There were also issues of inheritance that troubled me, and when we did not do well during the 2013 general elections, I ended up having a serious breakdown.
"The doctors recommended that I quit politics, but I chose to shed off some of my responsibilities such as being the secretary-general of MDC."
However, she defied the orders by reducing her work-load through stepping down as secretary general.
"I had to shed off some of my responsibilities like being a secretary-general of [the Welshman Ncube-led MDC because there were too many things to do."
She said her responsibilities had become too much for her when she was appointed Regional Integration minister during the Government of National Unity and at the same time, she was traumatised after she lost her husband, Chris Mushonga, during a botched robbery.
"I was traumatised, and because of my responsibilities as a minister and secretary-general of the MDC, I did not take time to deal with the trauma."
"There were also issues of inheritance that troubled me, and when we did not do well during the 2013 general elections, I ended up having a serious breakdown.
"The doctors recommended that I quit politics, but I chose to shed off some of my responsibilities such as being the secretary-general of MDC."
Source - Byo24News
