Minister of the Organ of National Healing Sekai Holland (Pictured) was on Sunday booed by a church congregation after she tried to divert church business into politics, in Harare.Minister Holland who was the guest at a ZAOGA congregation at Glamis stadium missed it when she told the congregation that her ministry was making progress on national healing programme.
It was when she was addressing the church that the congregation got angry and started shouting while others moved out of the ground.
“Its not fair for politicians to divert the agenda of this great congregation. We are not hear for a political rally and we are not even interested in hearing politics, said one of the people at the church.
“We have since told politicians to let the church do the national healing and reconciliation process because the church is more respected than politicians who are the perpetrators of the same political violence that we experienced last year, said another follower.
Minister Holland was later saved by Pastor Eunah Guti who persuaded the church to stay put and carry on with church business.
The minister had said “We are moving fast with the programme of national healing, and we recently engaged chiefs and village heads who have promised to cascade the information to the grass roots, before she was interrupted by angry congregation.
The process of national healing like the Constitution writing process has not yet showed any sign of progress since it was officially launched in July.
Zimbabweans are complaining that all the meetings being conducted by the three ministers responsible are excluding the real people who suffered from the last years political violence. They are saying since the ministry was formed no justice has taken place except holding hotel meetings where the ordinary people are excluded.
Three ministers from all the three political parties appointed ministers responsible for National Healing and Reconciliation.
They are John Nkomo (ZANU-PF), Gibson Sibanda (MDC-M) and Sekai Holland (MDC-T).
Officially opening the Occasion of the National Dedication Programme towards Healing,Reconsiliation and Intergration,in July Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai said justice should prevail over all perpetrators of political violence.
“There can be no short cut on this journey and no easy way to deal with pain and suffering that has been experienced by so many of our people. The methods that will be employed for this essential process can not be prescriptive or imposed upon the people, but must be chosen and endorsed by the people if we are going to achieve the goal of truly healing our nation, said Prime minister Tsvangirai.
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