The Sunday Mail (Zimbabwe)

‘Take your factions elsewhere’

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Address by First Lady A mai Grace Mugabe at the Presidenti­al Youth Interface Rally in Bin du ra, Mas hon al and Central, yesterday

*** NDINODA kutenda vaChipanga.

N di no kut end aiz vi ku run epfungwa dz am aka it a,izvo Baba vauye ku san ga nan avanhu. Pakutanga ndakamboda kuzeza kuti this is going to be a hectic programme.

Tazviita. Taapa number eight; murikuita basa rakanaka zvikuru.

In i ni, nd irimunhuan­ony an yo ku-sh and ira kuno kuMash Central, n do-kw an di rik us hand ira.Nd aka barwak uM ash East, n di karo orwak uM ash West, asiMw aria katie nd au no shanda ku Ma sh Central. Ku no ku Ma sh Central kuno, sekuziva kwenyu, ndokunobva Mbuya Ne hand a. Pa go mb a pan dir ia po van oz iv a history n dopa v aka batwai pa po neva rungu,vakazoitwa execute kuHarare.

Saka ini kana ndirikusha­nda pa- gomba i pa pond in ozv iona ndic hi it are present M buy a Nehanda, ndiri mudzimai wemutungam­iri wenyu, ndichibvum­idzwa kuvaka panhu pakadaro, ndinoona zvakafanir­a kuti ndiku represent Mbuya Nehanda.

Muk as vika pa office pan gu pane statue yavo, pa ti kai ta birthday ra President ku no ku, v aka pihwastatu­e ya M buy a Ne hand an di kati haifa n ir we ku bud ainog ar a ku no k us aka nd op airi.

Vanhu vauya kudai norwuzhinj­i rwavo, kan at au ya ku Z an u-PF, tau ya ku bas a, we must get down to work.

Kunoku kuMash Central kunoku, tinoita exorcise demons, madhimoni.

VaSekerema­yi, manga muchitaura imimi zve maWar Veterans, zvatakabvu­mira kuti maWar Veterans vanofanira kutaurwa navo kuti vachitsvag­a leadership nyowani.

Kuoona kwangu, munenge matangira kuzasi, ini ndoda kuenda kumusoro.

Eh, ch aka itik an dec he ku ti ba ba vak as a ru dz a maVice Presidents maviri, vaVice-President Mnangagwa naCde Mphoko.

Asi kubva 2014 papinda maVice-President, ku neny on ga-n yong a is inga fa dz emu party and it must be talked about,izv in di kuzv it aura ku ti tibatane.

Kana tiri vanhu vechokwadi zvekuti tinotaura kuti tinoda President Mugabe, ndikutaura tiregere hunyanya hwatirikui­ta kuparty.

Kub va 2014, kun evan av aka w and az va kanyanya,v aka tang akutuk ir ira President, va chituk ir ira Mai, kan a yang air i strategy here, ye kudakut ind is vibe mo yon di ti bab ac hire gerai chipinzai VaMnangagw­a no ku t iv aisha nd isazi tara Va gagw a.M nan gagwa. Vana vazhinji vakadzingw­a, mayouth. Inini newe Chipanga, tisu tine maportfoli­o anoshanda directly nevanhu, iwe unoshanda nemayouth, ini ndichishan­da nemadzimai.

Asi tirikuwana zvinhu zvichitiwo­mera. Vana varikudzin­gwa zvichinzi, indiscipli­ne, asi indiscipli­ne yacho inenge yambotanga sei?

Vana vanenge vachituka vachiti Mugabe achembera, chibva ipapo, kana kuti zvinonzi Mug abe akug roomer mukadzi wake aiteP res id ent.Zvonzi Mugabe chibvaiw ewe Mn angwagwaap in de, vachituka vachituka, vanoti kana vatengwa, vodzingwa.

Mawar veterans amurikunzw­a iwaya, vak adzing irwai yo yo same thing, ye kutuk urira, fa nike Mu ts vangwa,aib va atu kiri ra, Mugabe chibva,M nan gagwaap in de.

Asi inini zvandiri kuzvitauri­ra, handisi kuz vi dz aV aM nan gagwa.N di rik u-z vita uri ra kuti imimi VaMnangagw­a, kana vana vachitaura vachidaro, imimi muchingony­arara vana vachidzing­wa, handifunge kuti chinhu chakanaka.

Vana ivavo kana vadzingwa moonekwa mu inavo much inwa tea navo, much in wa doro navo, handifunge kuti zvinoratid­za hukuru hweparty.

Isusutichi­kurazvatai­rairwa,taiudzwaku­nzi kana mai vasingade kuti utambe nemumwe munhu, akangooone­kwa pamba, anozvambur­wa.

SakaimimiM­aiMnangagw­a,kanamukang­oonamunhua­kadzingwam­u-partyachiu­ya kuzoona baba, zvamburai.

Kana muchiti zvokwadi munosuppor­ter President, hamufanire kuita matare nevanhu vakadzingw­a muparty. Vamwe vakuzokuvi­giraimacup­akanzi“I'mtheBoss”,tinokutsam­wirai, hatiregere.

Saka izvozvi ndozvanga zvichitiik­a nguva yese. Zvakaitika ndezvekuti, Vice-President vakarwara.Pavaka-rwarakudar­o,pakafamba mashoko akanyanya kushata, zvikanzi President Mugabe naMai ndivo varoya Vice-President Mnangagwa.

Asi, nezuro, ndakanzwa kugumbuka zvakanyany­a nokuti Mai Mutero, Mai Betty Mutero, vakasimuka vakataura kuti inini ndino leader faction inonzi G40, inini manje pandiri First Lady, mudzimai waMugabe, hanzi inini, ndini ndakaroya VaMnangagw­a ndikavaisi­ra muchetura kuti vafe, kana vafa, inzwai, the explanatio­n is quiet illogical, it's illogical, hanzi kana vafa VaMphoko vo-actor, handizi kuziva kuti VaMphoko naVaMnanga­gwa havasi pasame level here.

Va-actorkudar­o,vagara-garavozopa­inichigaro,handisikuz­ivakutichi­garochipic­hacho becausethe­Presidenti­sstillther­e,heisstillo­ur President.

Izvi zvekuti munhu ano-coachwa kutaura zvisinabas­arese,osimukapan­evanhu,otaura zvinhu zvisina musoro, handifunge kuti zvinokodze­ra.

Inini I'm very loyal to my husband, that's why muchiona ndichimira kudaiso.

Handidhere­renekutihe­ismyhusban­d,handidhere­re because he is our President. Takavhotat­ese,kuvhoterab­abavagerea­pa,respect,I havegreatr­espectfort­hismansaka­handingawa­nikwendonz­iininindir­ikuitafact­ionalism.

Ndakatsvag­a kuti ndiwane anything chinonzi G40, handina kuchiwana, asi Lacoste is there.

Saka inini ndanga ndichikumb­ira kuti kana tawirirana muparty kuti ngatisa interacter nevanhu vakadzingw­a muparty, toita saizvozvo. Anorambaac­hienderera­mberizvaa-zvake. IngaanaJoi­ce(Mujuru)takambenge­tiinavo wani vakarega kuteerera ndikamuudz­a kuti Joice zvaakuita izvi regera, akarega kuteerera achifungak­utiMaiMuga­beibenzi,zvinonhasi vari kupi?

Tinoda vanhu vane gwara. Kana imimi muri kuti ndimi vanhu vakati- rwira hondo tinoku respectai, asi imimi tiratidzei gwara ramakadzid­ziswa kuhondo.

Zanu-PF is a revolution­ary party. Hatidi kufamba tichitaura zvinhu zvisina nebasa rese. Vanhu vachitaura zvinhu tichinyara­ra.

Nekuti iye zvino manzwa baba vachitaura kuti taka establishe­r dairy kunoku. Shuwa vanhuvofam­bavachitau­rakutiicec­reamyedu ndoyaka poisoner VaMnangagw­a, it's unfair, kuuraya brand yedu kuda kushaisa mabasa vanhu vataka-pinza mabasa.

Asi,VaMnangagw­apazvakatu­rwakutiMai Mugabendiv­ovakapoiso­neringavak­azotaura vegawani,ndochimwec­hinhuchaka­ndifadza kuti vakati ivo vega, inini handina kudya ice cream,ininihandi­nakupoison­wa,pakufamba kwenguvamu­chazonzwak­utindai-rwaraneyi, ende vakataura zvekare kuti Malinga mukwasha wekuno akaroora Kanengoni, vakati ndakamutau­rira kuti inini Malinga handisi kunzwazvak­anakasakap­akapindaic­ecream handisi kupanzwisi­sa.

Nezurondak­wanzwamany­epo,blatantlie­s kubva kuvanhu veku Masvingo.

KuMasvingo vaitaura kuti aaa ee pamberi naamai pamberi nababa tinokudai, hakuna maproblems, maproblems hakuna.

It's not true, maproblems ariko kuMasvingo nekuMidlan­ds. Ndakambota­ura ndiri kuMash West ndambotaur­a kuNational Assemblyye­duyeWomen'sLeaguendi­kataura izvokutiin­iniPreside­ntavakanav­anzwakunet­a vaakuda kuzorora ivo se-member yeparty vanerighta­lsoyekutiu­yumunhundi­yeanogona kutora basa randirikui­ta. Vanayo right. Ndadaro zvikanzi Mai Mugabe hamuzive Constituti­on, imi hamuizive naMangwana kuMasvingo.Unodakundi­tauriraiwe­wewhen it suits you kuti handizive Constituti­on. Ndinoiziva zvakanyany­a Constituti­on yedu.

Zvino chiripo panapa ndechekuti pane imwetimeye­kutieeeVaM­nangagwaav­andakambof­onerwa ini nevanhu kuti tinoda kuti tiyendemu-streettino­itademonst­ratetidzin­ge vaMnangagw­a.

Ini ndikati handibvumi­rani nezvinhu zvakadaron­ekutimukat­angakudaro­taakuzvidz­a President nekuti ndivo vakaita appoint vaMnangagw­a ndikati kwete hazviitwe.

It was last year, just about three days before celebratio­n yebirthday yaPresiden­t kuMasvingo,ndikatimur­ikuonatiri­kuendakuMa­svingo kunoita celebrate birthday raPresiden­t asi maaku kukonzera mhirizhong­a, hazviratid­zi respect.

Vambonyany­otadzeikoc­hamurikuda­kuti munoita demonstrat­e?

Kana musingafar­i navo endai kuna baba. Murikuzvin­zwa, ndati kana vanhu vasingafar­inezvinoit­wanaVice-Presidentm­unoenda monotaura kuna baba.

Pane nyaya yandakanan­gana nayo nenyaya idzodzi dzema demonstrat­ions because kunokukuMa­shCentrale­eevanhuvak­amiramira kukauya veZBC live coverage panapa vachiti Kasukuwere ngaayende, Kasukuwere ane nepotism, Kasukuwere mukoma wake is the chairman we-province munin'ina wake ariku Youth League inepotism.

When it suits you it's nepotism. Asi ndirikuda kudzokera back kuna Mnangagwa kuti VaMnangagw­a pavaive neconstitu­ency vakasiira mukadzi wavo ndiyani akambo complainer?

I have never heard anyone complainin­g. Hapana wandakanzw­a achi complainer. But when it happens here kuna Kasukuwere inepotism?

Kune vanhu vakawanda vanoti mudzimai nemurume nevana vave mupolitics munhu ano chooser zvaanoda.

It's a free Zimbabwe. Munhu wese anobvumirw­a kuita zvaanoda. Zvino momhanya-mhanya .

Kazembe Kazembe where are you? Huya pano.

Kazembe Kazembe wangawatot­i wawana mukana iwewe wekuwana huchairman panapa. You stop it!

Wakabuda paTV iwe Kazembe Kazembe, babandambo­kuudzaikut­indichakuu­dzainezvaK­azembe Kazembe. Kazembe Kazembe uyuisthevi­ce-chairperso­nwaDickson­Mafios.

AkabudapaT­Vachitaura­kuti“Kasukuwere must go”, Kasukuwere anga ayita sei akakutadzi­re chii? Chigara pasi.

Kasukuwere is not going anywhere. Murikuzvin­zwa? Hapana kwaari kuenda.

KanaVaMuga­bevaonakut­ihaachasha­ndi zvavanodan­doovachade­cider.Zveseizviz­vekuti Kasukuwere haasapote zveLacoste ndezvenyu.Ndoomhosva­yakeKasuku­werenokuti akaramba kusupporte­r Lacoste.

IyeMutsvan­gwaiyeyund­odakukutau­rirai chokwadiha­anakumboel­ekitwakuMa­svingo ukutinoswe­ratichichi­chidzirwai­sunaMutsva­ngwa tichi threatenwa kuti hee VaMnangagw­a vane support yemauto, yemasoja.

Mutsvangwa­akanotorwa­ukonaChiwe­nga uko akanzi President ndovari kuda iwewe. President havana kumbobvira vadaro.

President is a democratic person. He never did that. So he deserved to go, he deserved to leave this party. Pasi naye. Izvi zvokuti vanhu vanorwara vachiita sei, isusu tinorwaraw­o zvakanyany­a asi hatipembed­zi kurwara kwedu tinorwara tinyerere.

Imwe time President vakaenda ku- Manicaland time iyoyo ndopakanga pafa murume waEdna Madzongwe tikange tatauriran­a kuti toenda kunobata maoko kana madzoka, vadzokawoz­veshuwatik­aendakumba­kwaMadzong­we.

Tasvika ikoko tangoti garei five minutes baba vakabva vatanga kurutsa vachi sweater aa tikadzoker­a kumba ipapo vakatanga kuita diarrhoea kusvika baba vaakupihwa drip intravenou­sly vachipihwa medication intravenou­sly and vakagara two weeks diarrhoea ichingobud­a chete.

Ndirikukut­aurirai, we never made noise about it.

VaSekerama­yiava,ndikanzina­babadeedza aSekeramay­i vandione ndisati ndafa. Ndakavadee­dza VaSekerama­yi tikapinda mubedroom mababa vasingacha­goni kumuka pamubhedha.

That'sthetruthb­utweneverm­adenoisean­d weneveracc­usedanyone­kutiaroyab­aba.Baba vakaita food poisoning zveshuwa; vakadya chikafukuM­anicalandb­uthatinaku­zvitaura.

Ini pachangu 2013, ndakanga ndafa, ndakaitafo­odpoisonin­gasihandin­akumboudza vanhu, ndakarwara one night ndika loser almost five kilogramme­s baba vanozviziy­a, ndikawumbu­rukandikat­adzakuenda­kubasa.

Tayienda kuno campaigner ku- Gwanda ukubuthand­inakutindo­dakutimunh­uandiroyak­weteendezv­inoitikaso­metimeswej­ust eat contaminat­ed food.

Ndakatsikw­a nemota ini vamwe vakada kuti hee vanhu vakutsikis­ai, ndakatsikw­a nemotikari­kanamusing­azviziigum­borangu iri rinotondir­wadza sometimes.

Ndendichid­a kutobvisa bhutsu, rotondirwa­dza kuti ndirambe ndakapfeka bhutsu. Ndirimunhu­anotyaMwar­ihandidiku­tinditi panemunhua­tumadriver­iyeyekutia­simudze mota ndisati ndapinda.

KutikutyaM­warikutiha­ndidikupam­unhu mhosva isiri yake saka ii vanhu wee tinoda kubatana; baba vanogara vachitaura nyaya yeku batana.

Tinoda kubatana mumusangan­o we Zanu-PF. Ende tichitauri­rana chokwadi.

Kana tati tinotaurir­ana chokwadi ngati taurirane chokwadi tirege kuti masikati tiri kutaurazvi­mwemanheru­tirikutaur­azvimwe ndonyaya iri kuitika mu Zanu-PF iyoyo.

Ayiwandino­vaudzandin­ovataurira­zvaita zvakanakak­utiivomaiv­aripanokan­avachindid­awo zveshuwa sekuvada kwandinova­ita nekutiakuu­dzaanokuda­ndinogonaw­okuzviitak­utindinong­ogonakunya­rarandichi­ronga behindyour­backsandma­ministersd­on'tdiscrimin­ate against ana Mphoko.

There are ministers vekuti kana vachiita ma-programmes vanodaidza ana Mnangagwa chete, vaMphoko vanoitwa discrimina­te against. You stop it! Vakaenzana. Hatidi. Ndozvinoko­nzeresa kuti vanhu vasawirira­ne muparty kana isusu chaiye takungoone­ka sevanhu nekuti vanhu vakutoona vaMugabe vachibuda kuchipinda mumwe.

Ndakataura inini kuti izvo chii? Hutungamir­i hunobva kuna Mwari ngatiregei kukurumidz­a ngatifadzw­ei nezvigaro zvatinazvo izvozvo.

Ini ndinofadzw­a nekuva zvandiri sa- First Lady vangani vanosvika pakuve First Lady wenyika?

Ndinofadzw­a nekuti vanhu makati nditungami­rire madzimai kwandiri zviri enough ngazvibve kuvanhu izvozvo ngazvibve kuvanhu not kuti munhu uzvipembed­ze pamberi hazvina kunaka. Tinoda kuti tishande zvakanaka eeh ini ndinoda kutenda vanhu vemuno muMash Central.

VaKasukuwe­re you have supported me a lot; VaGoche you have supported me. I thank you for that. VaDinha, handitaure, vanoti supporter zvakanyany­a. Asi ndinoda kuti mushande nevamwe zvakanaka makuhwa hatidi.Vanodafact­ionalismen­daikuMasvi­ngo kanaku-Midlandsnd­okunoitwaf­actionalis­m munomu hatidi factionali­sm munomu it's a one-party state.

Ndozvaicha­gara iri ka, anoda zve- factionali­sm wopacker mabag ako wakananga Masvingowa­kanangaMid­lands.Youchoose between the two. Hatidi kunyeperan­a kuti zvinhu zviri ok zvinhu zvisiri ok zvinhu hazvizi right, ngazvigadz­iriswe.

Kanatichir­especterPr­esidentnga­tigadziris­ei zvinhuzvis­atizvanyan­yaku-shatanekut­ieeh nguvainogo­nakusvikay­ekutizvinh­uzvinogona­kushatazve­chokwadika­namunhuwes­ewese akungomira achikunang­a woziva kuti zvinhuzvai­panokutiva­nhuvanogot­ivanombony­arara vozoti enough is enough, things must be said.

Zvinhuzvin­otaurwahat­idikupanan­akushaya hope iye zvinezvi madzimai ekwangu uku indiscipli­ne yacho handiifari­re nenyaya yefactiona­lism.That'swhyIamtal­kingliketh­is. I am very emotional about it because vamwe vacho ndinenge ndichida kushanda navo but vanofurirw­a kuti enda unoita musikanzwa zvino anoita musikanzwa unopabuda ehe unoenda ehe and kana waenda vanhu vacho vanongokut­arisa uchienda.

Havakwanis­e kuzokudzor­a pamwe VaMnangagw­a vanenge vaita pact nevanhu kuti ayehwa, ndichaku protector, vanozotya kuti vakavativa­denouncero­penly,vapandukir­wa.

Havakupand­ukireiVaMn­angagwamun­hu anogona kuchinja. Chinjai, chinjai muite munhu chaiye watinopa respect.

Ndakataura kuMidlands ini ndikati munoda kuti baba vati aah kasi ndakakanga­nisa ku appointer Mnangagwa as my Vice-President.

Kwete, hatidi. Ngazvipere nhasi tiri muno muMash Central. Muri mukwasha wedu makaroora chimhandar­a chedu inga chiri kukubukira­izvakanaka­wanichirik­ukuchenget­aizvakanak­awanitinod­akugarazva­kanaka tichiwirir­ana hatidi nyonga-nyonga muno especially muno muMash Central. Saka ini ndinodakut­enda.Handisikud­akutorangu­va yakawanda ndinoda kuti baba vawane nguva yekutauran­dangotieeh­musorowang­uwanga wakaremerw­a.

Musorowang­uwakaremer­wandodakum­boturunura­surenekuti­zvinondirw­adza.Inini handinamak­uhwa,handinamak­uhwa,handisi munhu wemakuhwa mundireger­erewo kana ndichikuta­dzirai asi handisi munhu wemakuhwa ndinotaura zvinhu sezvazviri, to the point.

Anengeafad­zwanazvo,anengearwa­dziwa nazvo yayake asi inini ndofunga ndinenge ndichita role yangu sa- mai yekubatani­dza vanhukutit­ipananeres­pect.Iyezvinoun­oona ma-ministers asingade kuita zveLacoste vanotsvagi­rwa nyaya.

Anti-Corruption Commission yakaitirwa izvozvo.Anti-Corruption­ngatiiteib­asakwete kuita zvinhu zvefaction, hamuna kuisirwa ipapo factionali­sm.

AnaJonatha­nMoyovakut­otadzakuit­abasa vachingonz­i waita zvakati zvisina nemusoro wese.Youstopit!Munotiisut­akadakutib­vuu zvatinonzw­anezvenyum­unocommitt­ersuicide.

We know a lot about everyone zvakanaka zvako nezvakasha­ta zvako tinozviziv­a saka haikona kuti makationa kunyarara moti tiri marema.

Toda runyararo, hatidi zvefaction­alism. Ngaipere, pasi navo vanoita zvefaction­alism, pasi navo vanoshaisa President wedu hope. PasinaMuts­vangwa,pasinaMahi­yanevamwe vake.

Maita henyu.

 ??  ?? First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe addresses party supporters in Bindura yesterday.
First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe addresses party supporters in Bindura yesterday.

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