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Makoni, leave Grace Mugabe alone

24 Oct 2014 at 12:18hrs | Views
The First Lady is a natural pick by the people for the people of Zimbabwe.

In that vein, there is nothing sinister about her going around meeting the people who chose her to lead them.

If she had not done that, then certainly something would have been wrong because it reflects lack of respect for the people who nominated her to lead them.

Makoni, how come you appear as if you are a political novice? The eight ministers that you named to be getting along with her on the country wide tours are also Zanu-PF political cadres who double as government ministers too.

On the tours, they were not government ministers, but Zanu-PF members getting along in solidarity with a fellow party colleague who is taking up one of the most influential posts in the party.

The most critical person in any ministry, Makoni, as you know as a former minister in our government, is the permanent secretary and its directors who cater for its day to day business.

Ministers are mere political figures who come and go. So your worry as to who was doing business in the ministries during the tours has less validity in terms of actual business.

The First Lady sounded some critical issues which we cherish as a country. She lambasted underperforming ministers and senior government officials as having no place in our country. Surely we support her stance as it certainly creates a difference to our situation. Incompetent leaders should be dislodged so that we enable diligent personnel to replace them to foster national development.

Makoni seems to be condoning under achievers who are killing national aspirations.

The First Lady is coming with a bang which should surely shake-off poor leadership and relegate them to the political dust-bins at all costs if need be.

Makoni, are you not impressed by the amazing revelations that exposed national saboteurs? Shame the devil and create a better Zimbabwe.

It is imperative that we should take note of the most essential role played by the First Lady in advising the President on running the state for the good of all citizens.

But Makoni, why are you silent on the grand-corruption engulfing our society, peddled by rotten officials in this country? There are better things to talk about than to blame sources of national hope like Amai Grace Mugabe.

I urge you to invest your energy elsewhere than this blame syndrome which seems to rule you. This would take away the remaining part of the respect that you used to command from Zimbabweans. Interestingly, you just heaped blame on the First Lady without giving alternatives which would rescue Zimbabwe's declining economy from this predicament which is bedeviling us at the moment.

The only way you can regain public relevance is by suggesting or championing alternative public policy which can re-align national interest for the good of all citizens. Or you will continue to crumble like a deck of cards with this in-formidable Mawambo/Dawn/Kusile project which has never proved its worth so far among most ordinary citizen.

All of us are waiting anxiously for Zimbabwe to be "working again" like you have promised us since the inception of your project.

Makoni, I feel sorry for your lack of direction and appreciation of the political variables in this country. I urge you to join hands with progressive minds like President Mugabe so that you transform Zimbabwe and make it a better place to live.

Suitable Kajau

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