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Mujuru sought US funding to topple Mugabe
09 Dec 2014 at 03:57hrs | Views
Vice President Joice Mujuru and her allies allegedly discussed plans to topple Mugabe and solicited for funding in case their succeeded in the coup, according to the State Press.
Mujur and her close confidants David Butau and Tirivanhu Mudariki met United States diplomats on different occasions where they discussed plans to topple HE, the Herald reported.
VP Mujuru allegedly met the then US ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray secretly at one of her properties on December 16, 2009 in a meeting that was arranged by Butau.
In the meeting, whose cables were released by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, VP Mujuru told the US ambassador that the "zanu-pf old guard" was giving way to young blood that included her and the likes of Zanu-PF national chairman Simon Khaya Moyo.
"Turning to politics, Mujuru said the Zanu-FF old guard was giving way to "young blood."
She noted that she (55-years-old) and new party chair Simon Khaya Moyo (64) are on the younger side and form one half of the Zanu-PF Presidium (along with Mugabe and new Vice President John Nkomo).
"The Presidium would be together for five years. Mujuru concluded, 'Let's work together'," reads the cable.
Mbire National Assembly representative Butau told US diplomats in 2007 of plans by a faction led by Mujuru to topple Mugabe and asked for funding from the West in the event they succeeded.
Butau, who was a representative for Guruve North then, met the diplomats on May 31 2007 as revealed by Weak leaks.
Butau also told the diplomat that the Mujuru faction was working to undermine President Mugabe's authority through discrediting his supporters before begging for money to push for the agenda.
Apart from Butau, an advisor and business associate to VP Mujuru, Mudariki also confirmed of the Mujuru faction's plans to unseat President Mugabe and that the late General Solomon Mujuru had actively supported Simba Makoni who broke away from Zanu-PF to form Mavambo.
The meeting was held on March 17 2008.
The US dismissed, this week, the accusations by Mugabe as baseless.
Mujur and her close confidants David Butau and Tirivanhu Mudariki met United States diplomats on different occasions where they discussed plans to topple HE, the Herald reported.
VP Mujuru allegedly met the then US ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray secretly at one of her properties on December 16, 2009 in a meeting that was arranged by Butau.
In the meeting, whose cables were released by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks, VP Mujuru told the US ambassador that the "zanu-pf old guard" was giving way to young blood that included her and the likes of Zanu-PF national chairman Simon Khaya Moyo.
"Turning to politics, Mujuru said the Zanu-FF old guard was giving way to "young blood."
She noted that she (55-years-old) and new party chair Simon Khaya Moyo (64) are on the younger side and form one half of the Zanu-PF Presidium (along with Mugabe and new Vice President John Nkomo).
Mbire National Assembly representative Butau told US diplomats in 2007 of plans by a faction led by Mujuru to topple Mugabe and asked for funding from the West in the event they succeeded.
Butau, who was a representative for Guruve North then, met the diplomats on May 31 2007 as revealed by Weak leaks.
Butau also told the diplomat that the Mujuru faction was working to undermine President Mugabe's authority through discrediting his supporters before begging for money to push for the agenda.
Apart from Butau, an advisor and business associate to VP Mujuru, Mudariki also confirmed of the Mujuru faction's plans to unseat President Mugabe and that the late General Solomon Mujuru had actively supported Simba Makoni who broke away from Zanu-PF to form Mavambo.
The meeting was held on March 17 2008.
The US dismissed, this week, the accusations by Mugabe as baseless.
Source - The Herald
