Opinion / Columnist
Guveya & Dugish Appointments Is Ravaging The Zimbabwe Economy
03 Sep 2018 at 10:23hrs | Views
President ED Mnangagwa does not need a telephone call from God to inform him that the economy and the ancestors of Zimbabwe have refused to accept his appointments of Guveya Constantino Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga and Dugish Kembo Campbell Mohadi as Vice Presidents of Zimbabwe. In 2013, the late Morgrn Tsvangirai once told the former president R.G Mugabe that 'you can rig the election but cannot rig the economy'. This piece therefore seeks to support the view that the appointments of Guveya and Dugish as Vice Presidents have not only destroyed the economic hopes but may have also caused the latest spreading of typhoid to Kadoma and Masvingo.
In my previous piece, I predicted that the appointments of Guveya and Dugish have failed to jump start the bedridden economy of Zimbabwe. Little did I know that the appointments of the two was the beginning of a disaster in Zimbabwe, Guveya and Dugish scared the economy and pushed it towards the deep end.
Just soon after the appointments of Guveya and Dugish to the highest offices in the land, cement disappeared from the market. Media allegations are that, the market price of cement has just doubled because of low supply provoked (most likely) by the VPs' appointments. Following the appointments, Zimbabwe wake up to the news that Mazoe and Shamva mines were to close because of high cost of doing business and foreign currency shortages.
The recent vice presidents' appointments has not only affected mines but air industry as well. The media allegations are that, Kenya Airways management has just advised their agents in Zimbabwe to stop selling air tickets because they have not been able to access their money from Zimbabwean banks for long, they thought that the 2018 would bring confidence to the economy but when Guveya and Dugish were appointed as Vice Presidents, Kenya Airways' management had no option but stop selling their tickets in Zimbabwean soil.
Another strange thing which has just happened following the Vice Presidents' appointments was the spreading of typhoid to Kadoma and Masvingo. We definitely need prophets to give an interpretation this, is the 'typhoid spread' appointments triggered or a mere coincidence?. We need God to understand what is happening in Zimbabwe now and I won't be surprised if you wake up one day to the divorce news of your wife or husband without elaborations.
I was shocked to the end of my life when 'finance minister favorite' Professor Mthuli Ncube proposed that the economic problems of Zimbabwe can only be sorted out by scraping bond notes from the market. Professor Mthuli Ncube is relying from shallow textbook economics, the economic problem of Zimbabwe is political that is why a grade seven dropout Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai and an MBA holder Tendai Biti managed to improve the economy of Zimbabwe during the unity government of 2008.
The Zimbabwe economy does not need professors and economists like Professor Ncube and other so called technocrats, what should be done is for Zimbabwe to address her political problems together with the opposition. Morgan Tsvangirai managed to scrap the Zimbabwean dollar in one day because of his political muscle. The only person needed to lead finance ministry (for Zimbabwe's economy to improve is Tendai Biti). Professor Mthuli Ncube is not bad for a position of a finance ministry's permanent secretary or the President of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. He does not have political muscle to drive the Zimbabwe's bedridden economy.
I want to publicly disagree with Professor Mthuli Ncube on his remedy to our economic woes, Zimbabwe's economy cannot be solved by scraping bond notes. The only solution is to 'scrap' Guveya and Dugish from Vice Presidents' positions. The economy and the Zimbabwe Stoke Exchange has rejected them, mine and air industries have rejected them too. There is no justification to keep these two gentlemen otherwise the worst may happen to Zimbabwe.
The scraping of bond notes is a secondary solution but the Guveya and Dugish's termination is a primary strategy that can set in motion the process of economic development. We need to pray 24/7 for our country. ZANU PF should have mercy on us.
Don Chigumba is a mixed methods research specialist can be found on twitter @Donchigumba
In my previous piece, I predicted that the appointments of Guveya and Dugish have failed to jump start the bedridden economy of Zimbabwe. Little did I know that the appointments of the two was the beginning of a disaster in Zimbabwe, Guveya and Dugish scared the economy and pushed it towards the deep end.
Just soon after the appointments of Guveya and Dugish to the highest offices in the land, cement disappeared from the market. Media allegations are that, the market price of cement has just doubled because of low supply provoked (most likely) by the VPs' appointments. Following the appointments, Zimbabwe wake up to the news that Mazoe and Shamva mines were to close because of high cost of doing business and foreign currency shortages.
The recent vice presidents' appointments has not only affected mines but air industry as well. The media allegations are that, Kenya Airways management has just advised their agents in Zimbabwe to stop selling air tickets because they have not been able to access their money from Zimbabwean banks for long, they thought that the 2018 would bring confidence to the economy but when Guveya and Dugish were appointed as Vice Presidents, Kenya Airways' management had no option but stop selling their tickets in Zimbabwean soil.
Another strange thing which has just happened following the Vice Presidents' appointments was the spreading of typhoid to Kadoma and Masvingo. We definitely need prophets to give an interpretation this, is the 'typhoid spread' appointments triggered or a mere coincidence?. We need God to understand what is happening in Zimbabwe now and I won't be surprised if you wake up one day to the divorce news of your wife or husband without elaborations.
I was shocked to the end of my life when 'finance minister favorite' Professor Mthuli Ncube proposed that the economic problems of Zimbabwe can only be sorted out by scraping bond notes from the market. Professor Mthuli Ncube is relying from shallow textbook economics, the economic problem of Zimbabwe is political that is why a grade seven dropout Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai and an MBA holder Tendai Biti managed to improve the economy of Zimbabwe during the unity government of 2008.
The Zimbabwe economy does not need professors and economists like Professor Ncube and other so called technocrats, what should be done is for Zimbabwe to address her political problems together with the opposition. Morgan Tsvangirai managed to scrap the Zimbabwean dollar in one day because of his political muscle. The only person needed to lead finance ministry (for Zimbabwe's economy to improve is Tendai Biti). Professor Mthuli Ncube is not bad for a position of a finance ministry's permanent secretary or the President of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. He does not have political muscle to drive the Zimbabwe's bedridden economy.
I want to publicly disagree with Professor Mthuli Ncube on his remedy to our economic woes, Zimbabwe's economy cannot be solved by scraping bond notes. The only solution is to 'scrap' Guveya and Dugish from Vice Presidents' positions. The economy and the Zimbabwe Stoke Exchange has rejected them, mine and air industries have rejected them too. There is no justification to keep these two gentlemen otherwise the worst may happen to Zimbabwe.
The scraping of bond notes is a secondary solution but the Guveya and Dugish's termination is a primary strategy that can set in motion the process of economic development. We need to pray 24/7 for our country. ZANU PF should have mercy on us.
Don Chigumba is a mixed methods research specialist can be found on twitter @Donchigumba
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