Mujuru seeking political mileage

It's now more than two years since former Vice President and now leader of National People's Party (NPP), Joice Mujuru was expelled from the ruling party ZANU-PF. Following her ouster, Mujuru's political life has been dogged by a myriad of challenges which are fast torpedoing her political career over the precipice.

In her attempt to gain political relevance, Mujuru has been continuously attacking the ruling Government and its leadership. Quoted in the local press, Mujuru impetuously criticised Government under the leadership of President Robert Mugabe, for the deteriorating state of the health system in the country as a sign of neglect of citizens.

It is an open secret that Mujuru, who served as a Government minister since 1980 when the country attained its independence and for ten years as Vice President, never contributed anything meaningful to revive the country's health sector. Mujuru should actually be ashamed of uttering such unfounded allegations in the media. One is tempted to think that Mujuru's damascene moment is all but an act and if given the opportunity to return to Zanu PF she will be singing a different tune. It's unfortunate that the former VP is only questioning the condition of the health service and delivery now, because she is out of Government and also because her party officials were admitted at Parirenyatwa Hospital.

Mujuru is just a failed politician who is attempting to re-package herself and dismally failing at the reinvention. Just because Mujuru was booted out of the ruling party, she is now trying to portray herself as a goody-two shoes through tarnishing the image of President Mugabe. That argument does not fly and her interviews in Britain recently revealed that much. However, Mujuru should be reminded that politics should make sense. The electorate is tired of politicians who only want their votes but have nothing to offer them.

Forming political parties has become a money making ventures devoid of any ideological standing. Mujuru is fast realizing her folly. After her expulsion from ZANU-PF, she formed a political party Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) or was drafted into the party according to Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo's claim. Nevertheless, she encountered a plethora of difficulties that saw the party fractured in its infancy, resulting in the formation of National People's Party. Allegations of abuse of party funds by Mujuru were made in ZPF and the boat continues to sink for her as she is not grounded in any firm ideological standing.

There are so many uncertainties about Mujuru's political future. What the electorate wants is vibrant policies that can improve their standards of living. As it stands, Mujuru has already started attacking Indigenization policy and Land reform programme that President Mugabe put in place to empower indigenous people. It is these people centered policies that the electorate consider when voting. Mujuru should never dream of leading this country if she lacks sound policies. To be very honest, the support that the ex-VP used to have was because she was part of the ZANU-PF family. Now that Mujuru has joined the bunch of opposition misfits, it is an uphill task for her to come up with an ideology that surpasses that of the ruling party.

Mujuru should consider venturing in other businesses like farming and retire from politics since she has already proved to be a failure. It is a fact that everyone hates to fail. It is a fact, reasonably or not, that Mujuru and her party will suffer embarrassment, loss of esteem and stature if they persist to contest in 2018 harmonised elections. Also, nowhere is the fear of failure more intense and debilitating than in the competitive world of politics, where a silly mistake can cost you big time.