Muchinguri says Zanu full of crooks

In an unprecedented attack on the partys top brass, Muchinguri said Zanu (PF) has been infiltrated by crooks who are abusing their positions to amass wealth through corruption and under-hand dealings. Addressing Zanu (PF) supporters at the memorial service for five members of the Zimbabwe Liberation War Collaborators who perished in a car accident in November last year, Muchinguri said war veterans were being used by senior party officials to meet their selfish ends.

There are true heroes out there, but they are languishing in poverty.

But some crooks within us do not appreciate the supreme sacrifice that the liberators made and how hard it was to liberate this country. They do not even care about the upkeep of true liberators of the country, said Muchinguri who is also the Zanu (PF) National Secretary for Womens Affairs. She threatened to expose the corrupt officials no matter how big their names.

Zanu (PF) is now full of crooks. I will not hesitate to expose these crooks who are fattening their pockets and amassing a lot of wealth at the expense of true liberators of this country who have nothing to show for their sacrifice, said an emotional Muchinguri. Muchinguri admitted that war veterans and liberators had nothing to show yet they played a pivotal role in liberating the country.

You sacrificed your lives and brought the country independence. It is now almost 30 years of independence but it is painful that you have nothing to show at all, she said. Some of the corrupt officials are now multiple farm owners after

abusing their positions to grab several farms under Mugabes controversial land reform programme. Mugabe and his ruling cabal comprising some 2 200 Zanu (PF) officials, cabinet ministers, senior army and government officials and judges are

said to now own more than half of the most profitable land seized from white commercial farmers since 2000. They reportedly own nearly five million hectares of agricultural land, including wildlife conservancies and plantation land.

It is regrettable that the party is losing its grip because of these criminals who are dealing in diamonds and stealing peoples money, Muchinguri said.

She said most of the Zanu (PF) officials and ministers are liars who are misleading President Mugabe that all is well from the cell level going upwards yet on the ground it is disastrous. War veterans in the country have been accusing Zanu (PF) for forgetting them and only love them when elections approach.