5,000 party functionaries turned up at Marenga business centre to see the man who in March this year declared that he would throw away his academic hat to pursue a political career.
6 months ago Makumbe addressed MDC-T supporters at the party’s 12th anniversary celebrations at Gwanzura Stadium and said: ‘I want to tell you all that I have now removed my academic hat and I am now openly supporting MDC-T.’
‘There is no need for primary elections. The people in Buhera say they want a white man to represent them and I have made myself available,’ he said in reference to his albinism.
The constituency is held by the MDC-T’s Eric Matinenga, a lawyer and politician who defeated ZANU PF’s Tapiwa Zengeya during the 2008 harmonised elections. But earlier this year the Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister announced that he will be stepping down as a legislator.
The ZANU PF candidate likely to contest against Makumbe is police Chief Superintendent Oliver Mandipaka. SW Radio Africa
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