Jesus christ spotted in the CBD of Harare

The months of October and  September should be declared a period of 'spiritual lies' with immediate effect. A lot of myths happened during this period and I am not going to be surprised today if 'they' say Jesus Christ has been spotted in the streets of Harare. It started with Acie Lumumba and Mthuli Ncube drama. Lumumba was appointed and fired before he even entered in his new office. What he only managed to do was to briefly work via his Facebook account before being fired.

Lumumba declared that the entire Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s top leadership except John Mangudya is corrupt. John Mnagudya did not waste time, he fired the RBZ top leadership except himself.  This did not go down well with most of the Zimbabweans especially opposition supporters who believe in the Zimbabwean dictum that goes 'A fish starts to rot from the head'.

Following the termination of Lumumba, God showed Prophet Magaya another lie. Prophet Magaya declared before his congregation that he had found an HIV/Aids cure. When asked by the media to verify his claim, Prophet Magaya claimed that he did a two year experiment with an Indian company and did a clinical trial with HIV/Aids patients.  It was later observed that Prophet Magaya had violated the ethics of conducting experiments and approving medicines.

When Prophet Magaya realized that he had lied in the name of Jesus, he retracted his statement before the local and international media and blamed himself for lying before Zimbabweans and God. Is this not going to become the beginning of the end of Prophet Magaya? That will be my next discussion, Prophet Magaya is not only a liar but also an ambitious businessman and a false/fake prophet. If Rotina Mavhunga was arrested because of the false allegations of 'diesel at Chinhoyi', why is Prophet Magaya not in jail? Only ZANU PF government knows.

Following the spiritual lie on HIV/Aids cure, Strive Masiyiwa made another spiritual lie. The MDC Alliance supporters believed that Masiyiwa lied when he said 'I believe President Mnangagwa is SINCERE ……' before Masiyiwa concluded by saying, sanctions must be removed MDC Alliance supporters were already throwing stones on him and some MDC alliance leaders started to mobilize their supporters against getting services at his Econet.  Was it true that President ED is sincere? This happened after the soldiers recently murdered 6 or 10 innocent civilians in Harare, according to the law it is only the President who is allowed to unleash soldiers on people. Is it a fair assessment to claim that President ED is sincere? Between Masiyiwa and MDC Alliance supporters someone should be wrong. According to MDC Alliance supporters, Masiyiwa is not persecuted because of his calls for the removal of sanctions but  is under fire because of labeling President ED 'a sincere person or a man of God' despite his involvement in the Gukurahundi genocide.

However, according to some ZANU PF supporters, MDC Alliance supporters are always unruly,  anyone who tries  to attack Chamisa and his team will be stoned to death before trial. They believe that Masiyiwa was just a victim of unruly MDC Alliance supporters and was stoned before being dragged to the courts of law. It reminds me of the events that took place before the burial of Morgan Tsvangirai. MDC alliance supporters disowned his biological mother when she said she didn't want Eriza and Nerisoni to attend the burial of the late Tsvangirai in Buhera. The MDC Alliance supporters started claiming that the 'biological mother' of Morgan Tsvangirai was not her real mother but was the mother of Kenneth Manyonda. Who is wrong, MDC alliance supporters or Masiyiwa?

Another spiritual lie visited the Statehouse of Zimbabwe when Strive Masiyiwa was being stoned (before trial). President ED Mnangagwa declared before the universe that a major discovery was done in Muzarabani. President ED claimed that gas and oil has been found in Zimbabwe and that fuel queues are now history because Mbuya Nehanda  and Sekuru Kaguvi are now in our midst. President ED is now blaming the media for misquoting him and the media is now producing V11 through videos etc. Who is wrong here President ED or media? Both (ED and media) may be wrong  because the Australian company responsible for exploration is claiming that there in neither oil nor gas discovered in Zimbabwe and explorations are going on.

Conclusion
a)    What is the difference between Rotina Mavhunga and President ED in relation to oil discovery in Zimbabwe?

b)    If Rotina Mavhunga was arrested for lying, should the police arrest Prophet Magaya and President ED?

c)    Is it correct for Strive Masiyiwa to claim that President ED is sincere?

d)    Is it true that Jesus was spotted in Harare?

I believe that Zimbabwe is a Christian state and we should remain honest and truthful people. ZANU PF government should stop leading by bad example of lying and proper research should be done before the dissemination of information.

Don chigumba is a mixed methods research specialist, can be found on twitter @Donchigumba