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Zimbabwe People First in tusle for power in Bulawayo
08 May 2016 at 05:54hrs | Views
THE Joice Mujuru-led Zimbabwe People First is reportedly to have been rocked by internal leadership fights in Bulawayo with Esnathi Bulayani and Tapiwa Moyo reportedly tussling for the control of the province.
Sunday News reported that Bulayani — who lost in her bid to be Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South on a Professor Welshman Ncube MDC ticket in the 2013 elections — was announced by Dr Mujuru at a Press conference to launch the party in February as the co-ordinator for the Bulawayo Province.
The announcement came as a surprise as Dr Mujuru had reportedly ordered members in the metropolitan province to sort out problems which had resulted in parallel structures led by Bulayani and Moyo — who is a former Zanu-PF Youth Secretary for Finance in Bulawayo. Followers of the party felt the issue should have been resolved before making the announcement. Since the announcement the members have reportedly been having separate meetings either as Mr Moyo's team or Ms Bulayani's group.
"The situation is tricky because some of the members are saying they will not accept imposition of people to be their leaders when their interests should be put first and have vowed that (Ms) Bulayani will co-ordinate in Harare not Bulawayo as their chosen leader is Moyo while others are saying they follow instructions from the party's leadership and will therefore take orders from Bulayani as she was announced by party leader Mujuru as coordinator for Bulawayo," said a source within the party.
However, the Zimbabwe People First interim national chairman of the information and publicity sub-committee, Methuseli Moyo, dismissed the existence of parallel structures in Bulawayo as false.
Sunday News reported that Bulayani — who lost in her bid to be Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South on a Professor Welshman Ncube MDC ticket in the 2013 elections — was announced by Dr Mujuru at a Press conference to launch the party in February as the co-ordinator for the Bulawayo Province.
The announcement came as a surprise as Dr Mujuru had reportedly ordered members in the metropolitan province to sort out problems which had resulted in parallel structures led by Bulayani and Moyo — who is a former Zanu-PF Youth Secretary for Finance in Bulawayo. Followers of the party felt the issue should have been resolved before making the announcement. Since the announcement the members have reportedly been having separate meetings either as Mr Moyo's team or Ms Bulayani's group.
"The situation is tricky because some of the members are saying they will not accept imposition of people to be their leaders when their interests should be put first and have vowed that (Ms) Bulayani will co-ordinate in Harare not Bulawayo as their chosen leader is Moyo while others are saying they follow instructions from the party's leadership and will therefore take orders from Bulayani as she was announced by party leader Mujuru as coordinator for Bulawayo," said a source within the party.
However, the Zimbabwe People First interim national chairman of the information and publicity sub-committee, Methuseli Moyo, dismissed the existence of parallel structures in Bulawayo as false.
Source - Sunday News