By Silas Memory Madondo
Dr. Joice Mujuru, I salute you and you are a true guerrilla fighter. There is no doubt that you contributed immensely towards the first liberation struggle in Zimbabwe, they say, you brought down a helicopter with a less sophisticated machine gun! You really deserve to be acknowledged for liberating Zimbabwe.
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It is an open secret that, Zimbabwe needs another liberation again, but this time from the the oppression of Mugabe and ZANU PF party, your (our) party of the liberation struggle. You were quoted by some sections of the media saying, you only want to lead Zimbabwe for one term as a transitional leader, but that statement offended quite a number of Zimbabweans including me.
Accepting a position of leadership under any capacity is not a romantic affair. You should be therefore ready to accept criticisms from the public. You expressed your intention to be a transitional leader in Zimbabwe for one presidential term, but I will only give you my vote if you successfully answer the questions that I raised below.
I wanted to ask you many questions but because Moses was only given 10 commandments by God, I have decided to limit the questions to 10 as well. This is a good campaigning platform for you because you should prove your commitment and innocence before your voters and the broken people of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabweans need a leader who can bring back the current Zimbabwean pieces together and we therefore do not need a fake leader to take us to Canaan, we suffered enough under your former party (ZANU PF), which you served with all your heart and kidneys from 1980 to 2014. So you have to address the following questions;
What is your party position and policy on land reform in post Mugabe era?
Every Zimbabwean knows that, the land reform program (hondo yeminda) was a ZANU PF project led by Mr. R.G. Mugabe and you as the Vice President. Please, Dr. Mujuru, are you prepared to tell the Zimbabweans the number of farms your family is in possession of!
Media reports are indicating that, your second in command Dr. D. Mutasa grabbed more than 5 farms for his relatives and ‘sweet loved’ ones, what is your position? Zimbabweans may also want to know the number of farms that Prof. ‘Jono’ (former Propaganda Minister) is in possession of, what about Gushungo?
I believe the first land audit report was submitted to you when you were working as a second ‘hang-woman’ in charge of ZANU PF government. Dr. Mujuru, tell me from the bottom of your heart, are you going to come up with an objective policy for land rejuvenation in Zimbabwe? How are you going to bracket your personal interests on the land reform issue?
Are you going to include Doctor D. Mutasa in your cabinet?
Mutasa was in charge of the security ministry for most of his career as a Minister. The ministry of state security is the heart of ZANU PF and all the atrocities committed after 2001 were known by former Minister Mutasa including Jestina Mukoko saga and the death of Learnmore Judah Jongwe. Please Dr. Mujuru, tell me, how are you going to exorcise ZANU PF demons from Dr. Mutasa’s DNA?
What is your strategy on Gukurahundi when you become a Transitional President?
You were part of the cabinet when 20,000 Ndebele people were slaughtered by ZANU PF; Mutasa was there as well but ‘mava kunakurira nyoka mhenyu kuna baba VaMugabe chete’. Tell me Dr. Mujuru, you said Solomon was not involved in Gukurahundi atrocities, why didn’t you tell us before his death? Who are you to speak on behalf of the dead?
Please do not speak on behalf of the living-timeless, because it is not in the best interest of the logic of natural reasoning. What action are you going to take to R.G. Mugabe the commander of Gukurahundi genocide when you become a transitional President?
What is your contribution towards destroying Zimbabwe?
Doctor Mujuru, you are painting a good picture of yourself when you were the second CAPTAIN in government and ZANU PF. Tell us your contribution towards the destruction of Zimbabwe by ZANU PF? As a Vice President of the republic, are you saying you were not involved in ZANU PF dirty games?
Why are you refusing to accept your hand in the ZANU PF regime today Dr. Mujuru? A good leader is the one who accepts the responsibility of anything happening in his/her institution, should we therefore blame Satan for the destruction of Zimbabwe’s economy?
Dr. Chombo was recently quoted by some sections of the media saying, Tsvangirai and sanctions are responsible for Zimbabwe government’s failure to pay civil servants’ salaries on time, and may you please give us your views on Tsvangirai/sanctions and civil servants salaries saga.
Media reports are claiming that your family is RICH, Is that true?
If so, when, where and how did you manage to amass that wealth? Didn’t take advantage of your position in ZANU PF government? ZANU PF may spill the beans soon and we are waiting for that.
Are you not an appendix of ZANU PF?
Zimbabweans are worried with your former marriage with ZANU PF; please can you prove to us that your divorce with ZANU PF is now permanent? Why is it that your commanders (Jimmy Kunaka and other) are going back to ZANU PF? Why should we trust you as Zimbabweans?
There are allegations that your family was involved in smuggling diamonds out of Zimbabwe?
Is that true Doctor Mujuru? Were the diamonds from Marange or DRC? The president of Zimbabwe admitted that, $15 billion was stolen from our NGODA and were you not part of the syndicate, because it happened when you were the Vice President?
What did you do to stop ZANU PF from stealing when you were in government?
Support your answer with evidence?
What is your position on the cause of the death of General Solomon Mujuru?
Doctor Joyce Mujuru, stop confusing Zimbabweans, during the time of probing the cause of the death of Solomon, you said he ‘died a natural death’, but today (when out of ZANU PF) you are saying Solomon was shot by a gun before the outbreak of fire. What are you telling us Doctor Mujuru, Zimbabweans are looking forward to know your sober position regarding this matter. Courageous and brave leaders are consistent and less confused.
Conclusion
I am looking forward for your response Doctor Joice Mujuru because I want to make sure you are vetted before you join the coalition of opposition political parties in Zimbabwe.
Mr. Tsvangirai, Mr. Biti, Mr. Mangoma, Mr. Madhuku, Mr. Ncube and Mr. Makoni, please DO NOT allow Dr. Joyce Mujuru to join your coalition (if there) before she responds to the questions raised above. I still have a feeling that, there is a salt and milk relationship between Mujuru’s ZPF and Democratic forces in Zimbabwe.
Silas Memory Madondo is a lecturer and a Mixed Methods Researcher. He can be contacted via silasethan@gmail.com