Reprieve for MInister Muswere as he is given the n...

Reprieve for MInister Muswere as he is given the nod to represent Makoni West

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ZANU PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Chris Mutsvangwa, has announced that the Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services, Jenfan Muswere, has retained the right to contest for Makoni West Constituency on the Zanu PF ticket after winning in the Zanu-PF primary elections contrary to earlier reports that he had lost.

Muswere was among cabinet ministers, ministers of State for provincial affairs and long-serving members of parliament who had reportedly lost in the primaries.

Mutsvangwa also said he was not going to declare when re-runs in disputed constituencies will be held, but mentioned that there will be reruns in Harare’s Churu and Mbare constituencies where elections were affected by violence.

“There is a candidate called Moses Moyona. He became a candidate in Makoni West against Hon Jenfan Muswere.

“We tried to follow the paperwork of this candidate, where he was working, before he became an MP for Manicaland, he was moving from Mat North, the paperwork doesn’t fit. Some of the paperwork was written at the height of Covid-19 when the party was not meeting, so how he transferred makes us doubt his credentials. The system has flushed him out and he is no longer a candidate, Cde Muswere will represent the party.

“If there were instances of violence carried out by either or both of the candidates there could be some disqualifications. If the violence was mutual there are going to be some re-runs.

“It is in this context that in Chipinge South, Dambudzo Robert was disqualified and the reason is he allegedly owns a factory at his home and it is one of the biggest brewers of tumbwa, mutoriro (illicit ales).

“You will recall that recently, the Politburo had a long discussion on illegal drugs, this is a menace that the country is facing, this candidate was alleged to be involved in drugs and we are saying we will not accept a person who has a nefarious means of making a living,” Mutsvangwa said.

He said the disqualification of Robert paved the way for Enoch Porusingazi, the current MP, who had come second in the primaries.

In Mutare South, Godfrey Harawa was disqualified because there was ample evidence that the ballots were interfered with.

Mutsvangwa added that the party established who benefited from that and the law of urgency led to his disqualification citing that the tempering was very material to the outcome of the elections.