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Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief
THE Zanu-PF Midlands provincial leadership have started holding rallies in Chiwundura ahead of a star rally to be addressed by Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa next Wednesday, just days before a local by-election on July 15.
The party’s provincial chairperson Cde Daniel Mackenzie Ncube said central committee members and provincial members have descended on all wards addressing party members and recruiting more people.
He said next Wednesday, there would be a star rally addressed by VP Mnangagwa.
Cde Ncube said they were confident of retaining the Chiwundura parliamentary seat.
The party’s candidate Cde Brown Ndlovu will battle it out with three other candidates: Mr Takudzwa Guzete of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), Mr Brighton of the Mudzwiti FreeZim Congress and Mr Webster Zulu- of Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe (PDZ).
“Our campaign in the constituency is in full swing and we have been holding rallies in all the 67 polling areas. Members from the provincial leadership including central committee members invaded the constituency addressing party members and we are optimistic of retaining the seat. We have received support from the people,” said Cde Ncube.
“We don’t just want to win the seat but do it convincingly registering our presence as a party in the constituency, the province and the country at large. We are sending a clear message that Zanu-PF is a party to vote for come the 2018 elections. We are going to have a rally on Sunday before a star rally on Wednesday that will be addressed by Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.”
Cde Ndlovu has been funding self-help projects for the youth and women’s league in the constituency.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission declared the Chiwundura parliamentary seat vacant following the death of the incumbent Cde Kizito Chivamba in April.
President Mugabe subsequently declared July 15 as the date for the by-election.
Cde Chivamba, a former Zanu-PF Midlands deputy chairman, was declared a liberation war hero and buried at the Midlands Provincial Heroes’ Acre in Gweru. — @pchitumba1.
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