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Kazembe-Makamba combination gets Musarara camp sweating

                           Kazembe Kazembe


Hosia Mviringi


As candidates wound down campaigns in the ZANU PF Provincial elections penciled for today countrywide, a spectacle was unfolding in Mashonaland Central. 


It is here In the Province of the valley of Mbuya Nehanda, where one of the fiercest battles have been fought for the race to the Chairmanship position.


The eleventh hour combination of the front runner and incumbent Provincial Chairman Kazembe Kazembe and businessman James Makamba has sent shivers into the Musarara camp, igniting last minute re-strategising by the Musanhi sponsored camp.


In a counter campaign response message to the Kazembe team, the Musarara camp came out guns blazing declaring that indeed all is well in their camp in spite of the two ganging up against their preferred candidate.


"Contrary to common belief that Kasukuwere is the G40 kingpin in Mashonaland Central, the truth of the matter is that Kenneth Musanhi carries the aspirations of the group in this Province. And he carries the bag (cash for activities)," said one supporter of Mr Tafadzwa Musarara on condition of anonymity.


The race in Mashonaland Central, unlike in other Provinces where some candidates are going unopposed, has gone straight to the wire with the two candidates, going neck to neck.


It is alleged that Mr Musanhi promised to dog deep into his pocket to ensure that the Tafadzwa Musarara campaign succeeded, even if it means that he will be broke after that.


For the vanquished cabal, this race is their best chance to ensure that come 2023, their candidates sail through smoothly into party candidature for the harmonised elections.


These structures are deemed decisive in the event the party is forced into an elective congress in which Saviour Kasukuwere is tipped to contest against the incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa.


Such is the importance of this race that a whole war chest of campaign material and resources have been deployed in Mashonaland Central as is countrywide.


This year's restructuring process has exposed existent factional fissures in the revolutionary party with the G40 viewing this as their only chance to bounce back into the Party.


Provincial structures are expected to lay firm groundwork for a safe return of exiled legion of G40 kingpins and supporters.


However, the Home Affairs Minister remains unfazed by the seemingly intimidating deployment of resources by his erstwhile rivals in the Province.


"Such is the nature and magnitude if the elections. It shows how important this race is to the party, both in Mashonaland Central and the country at large. We, as a team are fully prepared for the race and we are quite sure of a favorable result.

The most important thing for us is that after all this, it is the party that must emerge stronger than before in the Province," said Kazembe Kazembe ahead of the vote.


He insisted that his broader goal is to unite the party ahead of 2023 so that the province can deliver on its mandate towards the 5million vote target for  President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2023.


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