Interestingly, by Amai Mujuru’s own admission, the prophecy never said Mugabe should be the president beyond age 89. It never said Mugabe was going to be life president. The same prophecy never said Mugabe was going to be the last President of Zimbabwe.
President Mugabe has had his time and it is time for him to relax, write books about his experiences and, if God blesses his children with children, play with his grandchildren. The country may loose out if he continues in office until he dies without penning some of his experiences in government – both the positive and negative.
Zimbabweans must remember that people do not live forever. Two of Mugabe’s own vice presidents have died of complications that were worsened by old age and his own younger brother has died of the same, so obviously there is very little time left for Mugabe. That time can be used productively if he uses it to write down his experiences.
Perhaps Mujuru would like Mugabe to continue in office so that people do not question her own overstay in parliament amid a slowly growing chorus across Zimbabwe that parliamentarians should not serve for more than 30 years. Mujuru has been in parliament for 33 years and obviously wants to go for another five.
One begins to wonder whether Amai Mujuru and other leaders who abuse church gatherings are real Christians or pretenders. The real disappointment is that these politicians go to places of worship and turn prayer sessions and functions that are not political into political rallies. This is bad and Amai Mujuru and others like her must desist from such practices. She must have been invited to officially open the building of the Apostolic Faith Church in her capacity as Vice-President of Zimbabwe but instead of doing what she was meant to do, she turned the ceremony into a Zanu (PF) campaign platform. That is abuse of office and she must be charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The Anti-Corruption Commission must act on behalf of the people who are being abused by leaders. Political parties involved in the Government of National Unity must work together and put in place measures to curb this bad habit.
Zimbabweans must unite and say no to continued abuse by politicians like Amai Mujuru. – BENJAMIN CHITATE, New Zealand
Post published in: Letters to the Editor