Greedy Mnangagwa could have helped thousands

Grace said Mnangagwa had told them to "keep their little money" after they tried to bankroll her mother's funeral.

"We tried to chip in with our money, we were told by Mnangagwa that ‘keep your little money, we shall help you,' " she said.

 

"I can tell you here that every week Cde Mnangagwa sends people to our home to ask us what we want and how we are. He does so out of love, be assured we are taken care of."

This comes hot on the wake of the news that Mnangagwa had just spend $1.4 million on a chartered plane to fly Grace back from Singapore for the funeral.

 

In a country where ¾ of the population are now living in abject poverty on as little as US$1.00 or less a day and basic services such as health have all but collapsed. Hospitals up and down the country have no money to buy even essential live saving drugs for babies. And yet our government continues to spend money as if there is no tomorrow pampering the filthy rich ruling elite and their families.

 

This no-expense spare for the rich carry-on underlines two important points:

 

     1. President Mnangagwa, and Mugabe before him, have continued to look after the selfish interest of the rich and powerful at the expense of the voiceless and impoverished majority. The poor will suffer and die unnecessarily as long as they continue to have a meaningless vote, a token but valueless vote which counts for nothing in the face of the rich and powerful’s veto.

 

2. After decades of enjoying absolute power complete with the influence and wealth that it brought there is no doubt the ruling elite have become addicted to absolute power and hence the reason they have committed all manner of crimes including cheating and wanton violence to retain political power at any and all cost. Politics have become such a lucrative career attracting some of the most ruthless cutthroats most honest men and women have shied away leaving the field open to the thugs who are fighting amongst themselves like wild cats for the spoils of power but will fight just as fiercely to retain the rotten political system.

 

Whilst the greatest fight of this generation ever since the country attained her independence in 1980 has been to secure the freedoms and rights of all Zimbabweans including the right to a meaningful vote and the right to life itself. People like Grace Mugabe see nothing wrong with rigged elections as long as their selfish interests, their insatiable greed for power, influence and wealth are secured and guaranteed.

 

President Mnangagwa rigged the recent elections just as he had help Mugabe rig elections in the past. He can afford to ignore the long suffering povo who are now dying unnecessarily whilst he attends to the insatiable greed of the country’s filthy rich ruling elite. Povo have the token but valueless vote which the Chiwengas, Mugabes, Justice Chigumba and her fellow ZEC officials, Chiefs, rogue war veterans etc. have the veto that has helped to rig elections and stay in power.

 

The $1.4 million wasted on chartering the plane for Grace would have bought the life-saving drugs of 100 000 babies now condemned to an early grave. Her needs to travel in total luxury, luxury a first class commercial flight would not provide, was far more important than the babies’ lives! “Be assured we are taken care of!” Of course, you are!

 By Jeff Kurai Chakanyuka