There has never been a time
in the history of Zimbabwe when the people of this great nation have been so
determined to change a regime that has brought so much misery to their
livelihood.
Since independence, the
people have witnessed massive deterioration of services designed to sustain the
development of Zimbabwe and its people, due to rampant corruption, maladministration, nepotism and incompetence by the Zanu PF led government.
Against this backdrop, the
people have been left with no other option, but to side with the man who is
most likely to take them to the Promised Land.
The man is Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.
The reason why so many
Zimbabweans are so angry, sick and tired of Mugabe as a ruler and not a leader
is because of corruption adding violence. In Zimbabwe today, the fight against
corruption is the most fundamental task in the transformation of Zimbabwe to
become a peaceful, just, humane, progressive, productive and prosperous nation.
We, as the people of Zimbabwe
feel the pain inflicted by corruption as corruption prevents us from having
basic necessities of life such as food, good health, sound education, safe
drinking water, electricity, communication, housing, affordable transport
system among others.
Unlike Zanu PF, the MDC-T has
made efforts to curb corruption by eliminating some of the corrupt elements
within its ranks, which saw some unruly councillors and mayors being shown the
door. Irked by this gesture of transparentness as a way of leading by example, Zanu
PF even went on to claim that those fired misfits were disgruntled people
defecting from MDC-T.
Furthermore, President
Tsvangirai remains as determined as ever before in dealing with social outcasts
within MDC-T who are counterproductive and a liability to the party.
However it doesn’t go without
mentioning that the rot in urban councils across the country has nothing to do
with MDC-T, but it is a creation of the government led by Mugabe. There has
been a minority of unruly elements within MDC-T who have been trying to
exacerbate the situation by engaging in unwarranted acts of corruption, instead
of finding solutions to the rot.
We know the route to finding
the solutions has been sabotaged by Chombo in an effort to portray the MDC-T
councillors as corrupt. However this does not give MDC-T councillors an excuse
to be part of the rot as it doesn’t make the situation any better. Chombo has
always stood in the MDC-T's way in an attempt to block its councillors' effort
in implementing interventions aimed at the upliftment of councils.
Zanu PF's approach to
corruption remains the same as yesterday, today and the chances are high that
it will remain so even tomorrow. In Zanu PF they reward thieves. The most
corrupt retain their posts even if there would be a clear track record of the
post holder’s corrupt tendencies. Corruption in Zanu PF is well documented
since the Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries scandal to the
Marange Diamond fields’ saga.
Only yesterday, in yet
another scandal involving massive looting of diamond, Zanu PF’s Mike Madiro and
his marauding thugs swindled nearly US$1 million, in a scam that is likely to
implicate other Zanu PF bigwigs. Madiro has since made a comment that appears
to tell us that we haven’t seen anything yet and that he will disclose
everything if his party continues to victimise him.
Mugabe and his cronies have
drained the country of its resources without any sign of stopping to the
detriment of so many. If Morgan Tsvingirai is not going to get the people of
Zimbabwe out of this rot, so who is?
Time and again Mugabe and his
Zanu PF have shown the people of Zimbabwe that they have nothing to offer but cheap,
stupid and old rhetoric about the ideals of liberation struggle and that
Zimbabwe will never be a colony again.
Engage any Zanu PF supporter
or sympathiser in a debate, be it a learned professor, all what they will
lecture to you is about the ideals of liberation struggle and nothing else.
Tsvangirai is saying as much as people would want to understand their liberation
history and its ethos, we need not to forget about the present. At present
people desperately need ideas that bring a just society, robust health system,
a thriving economy, better schools, roads and social services among other
ideas, not lectures on ideals of liberation struggle.
Richard and his Movement for
Democratic Change party of excellence offers solutions to the rot that was
introduced by the Zanu PF led government. Among other policies, they unveiled a
comprehensive economic blue print which enables an environment for citizens
with entrepreneurial skills to flourish and do business with no hindrance aside
from standard laws that protect workers, communities, consumers and our
ecology. The document is on the MDC-T website for everyone to read.
Indeed the people of Zimbabwe
are walking their last mile to the Promised Land. Hezvo!!!!
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