…as his expulsion targets gets entry into the PCC
Beatific Gumbwanda
CHIREDZI– Zanu PF District Coordination Committee (DCC) Chairperson, Siyaki Mundungehama who once sought permission from Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira to expel some members from his committee for siding with Rabson Mavhenyengwa is currently in dilemma as his horse in the December 28, 2021 elections Chadzamira was defeated leaving him without an option but continue working with the ‘alleged’ traitors.
Mundungehama was campaigning for former chairperson Chadzamira during the just ended PCC elections while allegedly lying to Zanu PF structures that they will be awarded land soon after Chadzamira’s victory.
Chadzamira was alleged to be selling land in Chiredzi especially the most controversial Kilimanjaro plots for sugarcane production.
It is alleged that Mundungehama even openly asked for permission from Chadzamira at Hippo Valley Country Club to expel two of his subordinates, Francis Moyo (DCC Secretary for Transport) and Norman Sharara (DCC Vice chairperson) for siding with Mavhenyengwa soon after they win the elections which they had high hopes for.
In an interview DCC Vice Chairperson for Chiredzi Norman Sharara said it was not a secret that Mundungehama threatened to expel them from the party for picking sides during the elections.
“I did not get this information from a source. I was there at Hippo Valley Country Club sitting next to Minister Chadzamira, when my chairperson, Mundungehama threatened to expel me, together with Francis Moyo from the DCC structures for picking sides.
“This was never supposed to be like that. It was just an in-house election which was given a green light by the President himself. So siding with a candidate is never a sign of being a sellout,” said Sharara.
He also urged the party to unite towards the by-elections, where they have two wards in Chiredzi district to campaign for.
“I therefore call upon all Zanu PF members to unite towards these coming by-elections as well as the 2023 elections. This is politics and I accept my chairperson’s bitterness but now is the time for him to give us instructions on how we are going to conduct the campaigns for these coming by-elections,” added Sharara.
Contacted for comment Mundungehama said it was just a smear campaign with a destructive intention to the party in Chiredzi.
“That is not only false but whoever told you should have done that with a malicious and divisive intent. The just ended elections were in-house democratic elections, a restructuring exercise meant to come up with people chosen leadership which should rejuvenate the party’s strength to mobilise membership and win elections against the opposition.
“My mandate as DCC chair is never to chase away people from the revolutionary party in incredible numbers but to preserve a membership that we already have.
“After all, I do not have the power and constitutional right to expel any member from the People’s Party,” said Mundungehama.
Mundungehama is alleged to be at loggerheads with Chiredzi North Member of Parliament, Roy Bhila who proved to be in touch with the new structures by being elected into the PCC while the former is planning to contest for the latter’s seat come 2023.
