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Tendai Mugabe in GWERU
Maize seed donated by the First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe in Mashonaland West province last week under the Presidential Well Wishers Inputs Scheme was stolen by a senior Zanu-PF official who donated it in his constituency.
Speaking after donating 30 tonnes of maize seed to scores of Zanu-PF supporters who attended her second rally following her nomination to be appointed Women’s League Secretary in Gweru yesterday, Dr Mugabe said she knew the politician who stole the seed and would do everything to ensure that he returned it.
“Patakaenda kuChinhoyi ndakenda neseed nekuti ndinoziva kuti Baba (President Mugabe) vane programme yavo yeInputs Scheme programme yavanopa mbeu,” she said. “Tatora mbeu idzi vamwe vedu vanodzinyika vodzigeza nzara yabaya.
“Ngatidyarei. Tikadyara dzinozotiburitsira zvakawanda. Ngationei kuti vanokodzera kuiwana vaiwana. Ngatiregei kuti kana tiri maleaders tokumba, tokumba, tokumba. Zvakashata izvozvo, zvinonyadzisa.
“Ndiri kudaro because patakaenda kuChinhoyi ndakaenda nembeu ndakazonzwa mareports kuti umwe munhu mukuru kuru akatora seed yakawanda akanopa vanhu vekuconstituency kwake.
“Achaidzosa. Ndichakuudzai kuti aidzosa nekuti handifunge kuti chinhu chakanaka ichocho kuti munhu mukuru atore zvinhu achinyima varipo achienda kunopa vasipo.”
At that juncture, some people started shouting that it was Mashonaland West provincial chair Cde Temba Mliswa and Zanu-PF political commissar Cde Webster Shamu who stole the seed.
But Dr Mugabe calmed the people saying that the two were not involved in the case. Dr Mugabe took the opportunity to urge police officers to be principled and shun corruption.
She said some police officers were harassing vendors on the streets and in the process stealing their wares.
“Ndakati ini mapurisa please dai tagara (pasi) kunyatsotaurirana nemadzimai zvakanaka nekuti madzimai ari kunetsekana. Pavanenge vave kuda kutengesa zvinhu zvavo vomhanyiswa. Mapurisa aya anoti kana vave kuda matomatoes nemaonions havadi kubvisa mari muhomwe,” she said.
Dr Mugabe said if the women were selling their wares from undesignated points, it was prudent to advise them to use legal vending points.
She urged people to work for the development of the country and shun street protests being agitated for by MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and his allies in the civic society.
If anything, Dr Mugabe said, Zimbabweans should protest against Mr Tsvangirai, who asked for the imposition of illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe.
She said the sanctions were adversely affecting the economy because they were barring Zimbabweans from trading with the rest of the world.
“Hatidi kuitwa sevana vadiki. Tiri kunzi ngatiendei mumastreet to demonstrate. To demonstrate against who? We can only go in the streets to demonstrate against Tsvangirai kuti ngaaende kwaakakumbira mansanctions abviswe,” said Dr Mugabe.
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