Mutasa has many people to apologise to

When I was growing up in the nineties, my dream was to become a lawyer. I esteemed the profession so much that I would spend long hours in court chambers in Mutare listening to several trials.

One of the cases I still vividly remember was that of a teen murderer from Buhera who had hideously murdered his parents. It was a serious case but the lad left the court in stitches. After the magistrate pronounced his lengthy sentence, the young man pleaded with the court to have mercy on him since he was now an orphan.

That was way back in the 90s. As strange and ridiculous the pleading was, it was to be repeated this week by a political spend force. The expelled former State Security Minister and former Zanu PF Secretary for Administration, Mr Didymus Mutasa, wants people to forgive him for being part to a government, which he accuses of misruling the country and caused the so-called economic mess prevailing.

That coming from Mutasa is extremely hard to stomach. Why is it that, all of a sudden Mutasa now sees the evil in Zanu PF which he did not see all these years when he was enjoying the trappings and perks as a cabinet minister. People must question the motive behind rumblings coming from an ejected political has been.

If Zanu PF is responsible for the economic failure, the greater chunk of the blame must be apportioned on Mutasa. He is one of the people entrusted by President Robert Mugabe to grow the economy. Mutasa failed to execute this mandate and diverted his concentration on trivial things that satisfied his selfish interests.

Mutasa has the guts to tell the world that the constituency he represented in parliament had never changed since 1930. This is a clear confession that the miniature former Member of Parliament failed the people he represented. He must instead apologise to his constituency for failing them. Did he want President Mugabe to come to his constituency and facilitate development himself?

It is unfortunate for this constituency, for it wasted precious years under the stewardship of a clueless MP. The truth is that Mutasa always imposed himself on the people of Headlands. He never allowed primary elections in that constituency. Believe you me, Headlands is not going to be the same with Cde Christopher Chingosho taking over Mutasa's ruins when things are tough. Mutasa must visit other constituencies and see how the successive MPs have been developing them since 1980.

Mutasa left no legacy in the country save the many wives and children he accumulated for himself. It is a pity that the man sounds boastful for marrying many wives. Most of the women he calls wives were forced into marriage by circumstances. He raped most of them and subsequently forcibly turned them into wives. So referring his union with these women as marriage is trying to sanitise and dignify rape.
Mutasa's interview with the Daily News exposed him big time. The fact that at 80, the man still has a child as young as four, speaks volumes about the man's social fibre and standing. It is said that Mutasa would turn into a sex object or concubine any woman that he happens to assist. With a bit of luck, some women joined his band of wives.

Therefore, Mutasa has many things to apologise on. He has many people to apologise to and some of his heinous commission are unpardonable really.

Mutasa admitted that he was so drunk with power that he could not talk to ordinary people. "I am talking to people now, and find it interesting because I am now sitting in the terraces with everyone else and now experiencing the life that I used to pass by when I was a minister," said Mutasa.

Mutsasa was alone in this kind of behaviour. He thinks that every minister is as untouchable and inaccessible to ordinary folks as he used to do. For that behaviour, he really needs to copiously apologise. How could he ignore the people who carried the ladder that he used to climb to the top? President Mugabe preaches servant leadership and Mutasa decided to be everybody's master.

He lied that there were no problems when he was the Party's Secretary for Administration. You can never see a problem when you are the problem yourself. It is only that the people he tramped on have been resilient. They stoically endured the oppression until last year when they decided that enough was enough.

Mutasa took himself as a godfather of Manicaland. He did whatever he wanted without considering the feelings of others. He went to the extent of grabbing private properties that he now claims ownership. How can a valuable property such as a house be sold without a receipt or title deeds like tomatoes.

He also used to abuse his political muscles to fire anyone who crossed his path. Former Manicaland chairperson, Dorothy Mabika can testify for she bore the demonic brunt after she rejected his sexual advances.

Manicaland was the home of factionalism because of Mutasa. It is sad that the Mutasa demon is still hovering in the province. We are seeing the elders of that province fighting their wars in the media, a clear defiance to President's directive last year that advised party members to desist from washing their linen in public.

With all due respect to women and women empowerment drive, women have become their own enemies. President Mugabe have tried to uplift women in all socio-economic and political fronts but the beneficiaries have disappointed him. The beneficiaries have also disappointed fellow women. Take a cue from the Joice Mujuru saga. She was elevated into the presidium to advance the aspirations and hopes of fellow women but abandoned that mandate for her ambitious political goals. Where is she today?

Those perpetrating the Mutasa demon in Manicaland must also take a cue from the unceremonious end to Mutasa's political career. The People First party that he always talks of seems to have died in its formative stage. From what Mutasa said, People First's basket only contains himself, Rugare Gumbo, Mujuru and Bhasikiti.