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'Even if Mugabe spends his whole life in power, it is okay' - Kunaka
07 Sep 2012 at 01:13hrs | Views
ZANU-PF Harare province youth chairperson, Jim Kunaka who has been linked to a local militia group Chipangano has said President Robert Mugabe should die in office, claiming if the 88-year-old politician steps down, the country would be plunged into civil strife.
In an interview with The FinGaz, Kunaka, who was recently questioned by police over a shooting incident in the capital blamed on Chipangano - an outfit fingered for terrorising Harare residents - denied any links to the group saying he was in fact a victim of political violence.
The 32-year-old ZANU-PF alleged militia group leader lauded President Mugabe's empowerment programme and blamed his party's poor showing during the 2008 general elections to false promises made to the people by the Movement for Democratic Change that "food is waiting by the borders" at a time when the country was facing food shortages.
Kunaka claimed that everyone knows him in Mbare and he is very popular there, but conceded losing in his bid to become a councillor in Harare's oldest township in the last polls.
Seeing himself as one destined for a seat in the country's Parliament in five years time, the youth leader works for Harare municipality as a market attendant, managing the city's markets such as Mupedzanhamo where operators have complained of arbitrary closures of their workplaces as they are forced to attend ZANU-PF functions.
Besides working for council, the ZANU-PF provincial youth chairperson said he is a businessman in his own right and has a security company in addition to interests in the mining and transport sectors. He said President Mugabe should die in office, adding that the ZANU-PF leader's absence would result in civil strife.
"Well, with Gushungo it is different. He must stay on and never leave power. Even if he spends his whole life in power, it is okay …Even if he lives to be 150 or 200," said Kunaka.
"This is not something you need to be told. This is something that as an individual you should just know."
In an interview with The FinGaz, Kunaka, who was recently questioned by police over a shooting incident in the capital blamed on Chipangano - an outfit fingered for terrorising Harare residents - denied any links to the group saying he was in fact a victim of political violence.
The 32-year-old ZANU-PF alleged militia group leader lauded President Mugabe's empowerment programme and blamed his party's poor showing during the 2008 general elections to false promises made to the people by the Movement for Democratic Change that "food is waiting by the borders" at a time when the country was facing food shortages.
Kunaka claimed that everyone knows him in Mbare and he is very popular there, but conceded losing in his bid to become a councillor in Harare's oldest township in the last polls.
Seeing himself as one destined for a seat in the country's Parliament in five years time, the youth leader works for Harare municipality as a market attendant, managing the city's markets such as Mupedzanhamo where operators have complained of arbitrary closures of their workplaces as they are forced to attend ZANU-PF functions.
Besides working for council, the ZANU-PF provincial youth chairperson said he is a businessman in his own right and has a security company in addition to interests in the mining and transport sectors. He said President Mugabe should die in office, adding that the ZANU-PF leader's absence would result in civil strife.
"Well, with Gushungo it is different. He must stay on and never leave power. Even if he spends his whole life in power, it is okay …Even if he lives to be 150 or 200," said Kunaka.
"This is not something you need to be told. This is something that as an individual you should just know."
Source - FinGaz
