Mliswa not a perfect leader

A leopard will never change its spots so as a political reject. They say history repeats itself, thus if one is a failed politician today, it's a true reflection of what his/her political life will be in future.

Former Mashonaland West legislator, Temba Mliswa was recently in Mutare where he met a group of youths belonging to his Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard). It is reported that Mliswa, the organizer of the consultative debate together with other youths present advocated for a youth-led political party.

Mliswa never cease to amaze me. After he lost Mashonaland West seat to Cde Keith Guzah of ZANU-PF in a by election, Mliswa was quick to say he was quitting politics. That decision to give up on politics was the best decision that Mliswa could have ever made in his life time. Life is about making the right decisions. To be very honest, politics is not Temba's game. There are other opportunities that Temba can focus on outside politics. Mliswa proved that politics is not his field after he was rejected by the revolutionary party.

When Temba participated in the by election last year, he thought he was more popular than the revolutionary party. In actual fact, Mliswa wrongly thought that his personality would attract the Hurungwe West electorate to vote for him back into parliament. Temba's loss to Cde Guzah mirrored his future political life.  His case must save as a lesson to every person that nobody possesses supporters.

Temba will never be a proper leader who will rightly stand for the rights of the youths. Youths under Yard must never trust this man. He is like wolf in sheep's clothing. Remember he is one of the dirty dozen who had a surprising secret alliance with a CIA operative. Backing up a person like Mliswa is pointless. Youths must not be fooled by Temba. Temba is desperately looking for donors to fund him. Ever since he was sacked from ZANU-PF, Mliswa is finding surviving skills.

Intellectuals' best describes Mliswa as a political turncoat. Could youths really be that stupid as to believe in a reject like Temba Mliswa? What is particularly astonishing is not the fact of forming a youth-led opposition party as this is a sign of democracy, but who exactly will lead that party. One would then wonder if that youth-led political party will be viable under the leadership of a turncoat.

But then again, what would one expect from a person who once worked with Americans? The point is Mliswa is being used to effect regime change by these westerners. It is a shame that Temba is now the target. At first it was Morgan Tsvangirai, who never achieved any fruits in the past three consecutive elections. Morgan fell out of favour from the west because of being myopic.  

Mliswa purports to be the voice of the voiceless while in actual fact he is an aggrieved chap who has been expelled from the party, ZANU PF. The way Mliswa wants to play politics is somehow perplexing as he seems to be hallucinating each time he engages into these consultative debates when given the podium and chance. Temba should therefore be encouraged that politics should make sense, rather than senselessly trying to seek relevance after having been booted from the ruling party.