adminor party will be capable of implementing the programmes they put forward to be considered by the voters.
The major drawback has not been the actual policies but whether we have competent people entrusted to implement such programmes.
There is no doubt that one of the most fundamental policies was the land resettlement programme spearheaded by Zanu-PF.
This has formed the central political decision ever made by the governing party.
Nobody can fault such a policy in an independent country which wants to accord dignity to its indigenous citizens that they must get back what they had lost for over 100 years.
Who can blame the Government and the party for embarking on such a ground-breaking policy?
In the same breath, the Government and party has been let down either by the beneficiaries and those charged with the responsibilities to bring the policy to fruition. In the case of the land reform programme, adequate resources were not given to the farmers.
Agriculture should have received priority and be funded adequately like what happens in other countries. Unlike in other countries, the agriculture lobby in this country is very weak politically.
The main reason is that too many politicians are beneficiaries of the land resettlement programme and they are the same policymakers.
Another aspect has been the policy of decentralisation of the Government with local authorities being given the power to run their affairs and collect the revenue to make such policies work.
The party and Government had foresight to allow local people to elect their representatives to run those districts, towns and city councils.
Can anyone blame such a policy?
But the Government and voters have been disappointed by the lack of competence of those elected to run these entities. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with a policy of decentralisation but the quality of those elected leaves a lot to be desired.
Management of local government entities is not to blame nor can the policymakers be blamed but those elected to run and supervise the work done by management. The voters are confronted by what they see that does not satisfy their aspirations.
It boils down to those elected to implement Government and party policy that are to blame.
The voters in their constituencies and wards know those they elected that have failed them. It is not difficult to figure out what is required to be corrected by the voter. If ever there was a wonderful opportunity afforded the voter was the coming together of political parties to form the inclusive Government.
The voter has been subjected to four years of daily seeing the performance of elected officials at work.
The voters were told that the coming together of political parties would bring peace and stability to their lives and economic prosperity and the removal of sanctions against our leaders and companies.
Yes, we got political stability but with economic sanctions in place, there was no prosperity.
Some of our elected leaders were free to jet around the world to seek, as they promised, foreign funding to pay the civil servants and to get much-needed investment. What was the result?
More sanctions against our diamond industry. For what reason, the voter may ask?
Those imposing sanctions do not want the leaders of a particular party to run the country.
Who should decide what political leaders should run Zimbabwe, the voter or foreign countries?
In Kenya recently, the voter decided, emphatically, that Uhuru Kenyatta shall be president of Kenya, not any foreign country or their ambassadors.
The Zimbabwe voter shall do the same in this forthcoming elections.
Online Reporter