The Herald (Zimbabwe)

Tsenengamu locked up for insulting First Family

- Nyemudzai Kakore

OUSTED Zanu-PF Mashonalan­d Central youth chairman Godfrey Tsenengamu was yesterday arrested for what unconfirme­d sources said was allegedly subverting the authority of President Mugabe.

Police national chief spokespers­on Senior Assistant Commission­er Charity Charamba yesterday confirmed Tsenengamu’s arrest.

As of last night, it was not clear what charges he was facing as he was still assisting police with investigat­ions.

However, police sources yesterday said he was arrested for subverting the authority of the First Family as his utterances attacked President Mugabe and his family.

His arrest follows a press conference he addressed on Monday in which he said he was a responding to President Mugabe’s birthday interview by the Zimbabwe Broadcasti­ng Corporatio­n as well as last Friday’s Buhera rally by the First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe.

In his address, Tsenengamu claimed that Dr Mugabe was not Presidenti­al material claiming that she only accepted to be President Mugabe’s wife so that she could assume the position of the First Lady.

Donning a T-shirt inscribed “Zanu-PF My Choice”, Tsenengamu said the First Lady was a “hired spoiler” and warned her against talking about President Mugabe’s alleged successor whom he said was Vice President Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Tsenengamu claimed that he would remain a staunch Zanu-PF supporter but wanted the President to be publicly aware that the time had arrived for him to step down.

He said if the First Lady continued with her rallies, they would also organise themselves to attack her together with those behind her but could not shed light on how they would carry out the threat.

Tsenengamu, together with other rogue youths, were expelled from Zanu-PF last year for indiscipli­ne as they had gone on the rampage attacking President Mugabe using their Facebook pages and the private media.

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Godfrey Tsenengamu

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