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ZANU-PF in tatters...as Chiwenga, Mnangagwa factions loot Harare
18 Nov 2024 at 17:02hrs | Views
The ZANU-PF succession infighting has torn apart Harare provincial leadership into political debris, with some land barons allegedly channelling their loot towards consolidating alliances and legitimacy, whilst others resort to extortion as a means to unconstitutionally recruit preferred rich candidates into party structures.
In politics, one cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness and such is the scenario in Harare where ZANU-PF members aligned to both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his powerful number two, Constantino Chiwenga camps are busy exchanging prohibition orders, dismissal threats, instituting disciplinary measures, suspensions, among other punitive actions as they tussle to dominate over one another.
"Masimirembwa and other former G40 members have joined forces together and mobilised against us as they are dominating in parceling out land to unsuspecting home-seekers. He benefitted from the illegal sell of ten (10) residential stands in Belvedere which was affected by demolitions in the past weeks and they were given to him as a token of appreciation for facilitating fake papers to Cde Mabeka who thought they were genuine for regularisation process," ZANU-PF Harare provincial political commissar, Kudakwashe Damson claimed.
"We maintain that he also pocketed several hundreds of thousands from Harare's southern suburbs only and if we consider how much he collected from Harare as a whole, it surpasses over one and half million where he is involved in land scams," Damson said.
"Masimirembwa and other G40 land barons throughout Harare have been parceling out land to unsuspecting home-seekers and used that money to advance their preferred candidates' ascendency into party structures as well as funding other party activities using the same proceeds robbed from the poor," Damson claimed.
"Meanwhile, thousands have been served with eviction notices and are going to have their houses demolished whilst their monies have been spent by Masimirembwa and other G40 land barons who have been duping poor people of their hard-earned monies. They are also funding a faction that is fronting tampering with the constitution because it's a cabal. Why should they force President E. D to extend his tenure in office when he said that he is a constitutionalist? They know that their days are numbered and their corrupt activities will be exposed and they will be jailed," Damson claimed.
"Some millions collected by these land barons from poor people have been barrelled towards advancing their faction's agenda and preparations to fund tampering with the constitution to bypass the term limit," Damson added.
"We have stopped that plot and let it be clear that they should not force the President to extend the term of office. The constitution is clear and they should know that the millions (us$) they collected from suffering masses to create divisions and some unconstitutional political narratives will land them behind bars. They will definitely pay the price of corruption and they should not use the President as their shield as the law will be applied against them," Damson exposed.
"We are aware of how the money collected by Masimirembwa and other land barons exchange hands in funding the just-ended conference and how it was used to block other comrades whose accreditations were revoked at the eleventh hour whilst others were turned away at ZITF main entrance," Damson further disclosed.
Meanwhile, ZANU-PF Harare provincial chairman, Godwills Masimirembwa confirmed that all is not well in the revolutionary party with a section of those members listed on the prohibition order being allegedly involved in extortion, undermining provincial resolutions, disregarding party constitution, manipulating party structures, among others.
"Yes all is not well within our provincial party structures and I do not believe it is because of factional fights, but it is a matter of indiscipline, extortion, party structures manipulation and greediness charges. Let me also set the record straight, am neither in association with land barons nor any member of the G40," Masimirembwa said.
"Cde. Kudakwashe Damson has been issued with prohibition order following the decision made by the Provincial Executive Council meeting, held at the Provincial Offices on 14 November 2024. This Prohibition Order dictates that he will be prohibited from executing duties as the Main Wing Provincial Secretary for Commissariat until his matter has been finalised," Masimirembwa said.
"His notice of charges include refusing to abide by or deciding to undermine a Provincial Resolution, adopted in terms of the Party Constitution at a provincial Inter-District Conference and he went further to continue de-campaigning the same resolution after it had been adopted at the National People's Conference," Masimirembwa added.
"On abuse of office as the Provincial Secretary for Commissariat, he solicit and received a bribe of USD$2000 after demanding USD$10000 from Cde. Lynette Mahlaba who was an aspiring candidate in the Harare East Constituency by-election primaries, with the intention of manipulating the outcome of the primary election process in favour of the victim," Masimirembwa added.
"Damson is a pathetic liar and imagine if I benefited from land barons like Mabeka, why didn't they arrest me for being a land Baron? He deliberately and intentionally took advantage of the fact that Cde. Lynette Mahlaba was in desperate need to represent the Party in that Constituency, and manipulate party structures during primary elections to give advantage to preferred candidates," Masimirembwa further claims.
By so doing, Masimirembwa claimed that Damson committed acts of misconduct, behaved in a manner or made utterances which bring or could bring or has the potential to bring the name of the Party and/or its leadership into disrepute.
In politics, one cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness and such is the scenario in Harare where ZANU-PF members aligned to both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his powerful number two, Constantino Chiwenga camps are busy exchanging prohibition orders, dismissal threats, instituting disciplinary measures, suspensions, among other punitive actions as they tussle to dominate over one another.
"Masimirembwa and other former G40 members have joined forces together and mobilised against us as they are dominating in parceling out land to unsuspecting home-seekers. He benefitted from the illegal sell of ten (10) residential stands in Belvedere which was affected by demolitions in the past weeks and they were given to him as a token of appreciation for facilitating fake papers to Cde Mabeka who thought they were genuine for regularisation process," ZANU-PF Harare provincial political commissar, Kudakwashe Damson claimed.
"We maintain that he also pocketed several hundreds of thousands from Harare's southern suburbs only and if we consider how much he collected from Harare as a whole, it surpasses over one and half million where he is involved in land scams," Damson said.
"Masimirembwa and other G40 land barons throughout Harare have been parceling out land to unsuspecting home-seekers and used that money to advance their preferred candidates' ascendency into party structures as well as funding other party activities using the same proceeds robbed from the poor," Damson claimed.
"Meanwhile, thousands have been served with eviction notices and are going to have their houses demolished whilst their monies have been spent by Masimirembwa and other G40 land barons who have been duping poor people of their hard-earned monies. They are also funding a faction that is fronting tampering with the constitution because it's a cabal. Why should they force President E. D to extend his tenure in office when he said that he is a constitutionalist? They know that their days are numbered and their corrupt activities will be exposed and they will be jailed," Damson claimed.
"Some millions collected by these land barons from poor people have been barrelled towards advancing their faction's agenda and preparations to fund tampering with the constitution to bypass the term limit," Damson added.
"We have stopped that plot and let it be clear that they should not force the President to extend the term of office. The constitution is clear and they should know that the millions (us$) they collected from suffering masses to create divisions and some unconstitutional political narratives will land them behind bars. They will definitely pay the price of corruption and they should not use the President as their shield as the law will be applied against them," Damson exposed.
Meanwhile, ZANU-PF Harare provincial chairman, Godwills Masimirembwa confirmed that all is not well in the revolutionary party with a section of those members listed on the prohibition order being allegedly involved in extortion, undermining provincial resolutions, disregarding party constitution, manipulating party structures, among others.
"Yes all is not well within our provincial party structures and I do not believe it is because of factional fights, but it is a matter of indiscipline, extortion, party structures manipulation and greediness charges. Let me also set the record straight, am neither in association with land barons nor any member of the G40," Masimirembwa said.
"Cde. Kudakwashe Damson has been issued with prohibition order following the decision made by the Provincial Executive Council meeting, held at the Provincial Offices on 14 November 2024. This Prohibition Order dictates that he will be prohibited from executing duties as the Main Wing Provincial Secretary for Commissariat until his matter has been finalised," Masimirembwa said.
"His notice of charges include refusing to abide by or deciding to undermine a Provincial Resolution, adopted in terms of the Party Constitution at a provincial Inter-District Conference and he went further to continue de-campaigning the same resolution after it had been adopted at the National People's Conference," Masimirembwa added.
"On abuse of office as the Provincial Secretary for Commissariat, he solicit and received a bribe of USD$2000 after demanding USD$10000 from Cde. Lynette Mahlaba who was an aspiring candidate in the Harare East Constituency by-election primaries, with the intention of manipulating the outcome of the primary election process in favour of the victim," Masimirembwa added.
"Damson is a pathetic liar and imagine if I benefited from land barons like Mabeka, why didn't they arrest me for being a land Baron? He deliberately and intentionally took advantage of the fact that Cde. Lynette Mahlaba was in desperate need to represent the Party in that Constituency, and manipulate party structures during primary elections to give advantage to preferred candidates," Masimirembwa further claims.
By so doing, Masimirembwa claimed that Damson committed acts of misconduct, behaved in a manner or made utterances which bring or could bring or has the potential to bring the name of the Party and/or its leadership into disrepute.
Source - Byo24News
