The group has been holding meetings and threatening
 villagers with a repeat of the June 2008 violence if they vote for the
MDC-T in the forthcoming elections.
MDC-T Provincial spokesperson for Mashonaland East, Graham Nyahada,
told The Zimbabwean that Parirenyatwa was behind the
terror campaign.

He said that last week, Parirenyatwa held two rallies at Dandara and
Chingwaru Business Centres in Wards two and three respectively where
he reportedly warned villagers present that voting for the MDC-T in
the next elections would attract serious repercussions.
“Intimidation is rife in Murehwa North and Parirenyatwa has been threatening people not
to vote for any other party besides Zanu (PF) in the forthcoming
elections.

He held two rallies at Dandara and
Chingwaru Business Centers and warned villagers that his party would
be monitoring who people are voting for. He
also told those present that they should avoid a repeat of the June
2008 violence by voting for Zanu (PF),” said Nyahada.
Nyahada said that at Parirenyatwa’s rally held at Chingwaru Business
Centre, a Zanu (PF) Councillor, identified as Felix Munyukwi, 
pointed out villagers who he accused of being behind the “No
Vote” campaign and threatened to deal with them.
“All these events have resulted in widespread fear among the villagers. They 
have lost hope that the next elections will be violence-free,” said
Nyahada.
He said that some supporters of Parirenyatwa last week
addressed a party meeting at Bidhi dip tank in Ward 2 where they
warned villagers that they risked losing their lives if they campaigned
for the MDC-T.

Nyahada said that the Zanu (PF) activists, among them Knowledge
Matsika, Simbarashe Kurida, Nyika Musonza, and Abraham Dongo, were
behind the murder of MDC-T activist, Moses Nyahada, on June 9, 2008.
“This intimidation is taking place in the presence of the police and members of the Zimbabwe National Army. People here are concerned that calls for peace by principals in the
GNU are not being heeded,” said Nyahada.
When contacted for comment over the issue, Parirenyatwa denied the allegations.
“The environment here is peaceful
and we have been preaching peace messages. Those are absolute lies and
there is nothing like that taking place in Murehwa.”
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