The Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday . The much-awaited debate on allegations of extortion, corruption and abuse of office raised by the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe against Vice President Joice Mujuru was deferred to next Wednesday after outgoing Zanu-PF secretary for Women’s Affairs Cde Oppah Muchinguri indicated that she was unaware that the issue was on the agenda. Cde Muchinguri, sources said, told the Politburo that she had not brought with her the requisite reports. More so, Cde Muchinguri reportedly said that the First Lady’s programme was still ongoing. the matter was still to be finalised.. the much-hyped Politburo meeting was cut short by a power outage which affected the party’s headquarters and some parts of the city before allegations of corruption, subversion and abuse of office raised against Vice President Joice Mujuru could be discussed. President Mugabe had set the tone for the meeting when he greeted Secretary for Women’s League Cde Oppah Muchinguri by reminding her that she was supposed to manage the situation with regards to the revelations against VP Mujuru. “Ndimi makativambira mashoko kaimi kumadzimai?…apokaapo the fire is on, manage it,” said President Mugabe to Cde Muchinguri before he moved on to greet Cdes Gumbo, Nicholas Goche and Webster Shamu. Cde Muchinguri, the outgoing leader of the Women’s League, recently announced the position taken by the organ that the First lady become its secretary. Amai Mugabe then made some insights into the unacceptable behaviour of VP Mujuru which included incompetence and undermining the authority of the President before asking her to resign or risk being fired at the National People’s Congress in December. Cde Muchinguri was expected to table a report on the First Lady’s rallies in the country’s 10 provinces, but had requested for postponement to next week just before the power blackout. It was during the debate that VP Mujuru’s shananigans were to be discussed. Expectations were high that the issue would be discussed in the meeting, with an unprecedented high number of journalists arriving at the Zanu-PF headquarters by mid- morning. VP Mujuru was there by 9am. Politburo members are known to arrive just when the meeting is about to start, but VP Mujuru chose to break with tradition and arrive almost six hours before it started. President Mugabe arrived around midday and expressed surprise at the high number of journalists before he proceeded to his office.He then went to the main boardroom where Politburo meetings are held at around 3pm and exchanged pleasantries with a number of Politburo members and told Cde Muchinguri that she had to manage the fires she had started. He then moved to the top table where he greeted Cde Mutasa, VP Mujuru and Cde Khaya Moyo. Speaking to journalists after the meeting had been prematurely ended by the blackout, Cde Gumbo said the VP Mujuru issue would be discussed next Wednesday. “We were supposed to get a report from the Women’s League secretary (Cde Oppah Muchinguri) but she asked that she presents the report next week, so she will present the report and we will debate it,” he said. “This concerns the tour and the rallies. “It was a normal Politburo and everyone was relaxed, but obviously people await the report of the Secretary of the Women’s League and this will open debate.” On preparations for congress, Cde Gumbo said everything was on course.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 05:11:29 +0000
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