‘I want to come back and die among my people,’ exiled Chimene pleads with ED

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By Nyashadzashe Ndoro | Nehanda Politics |

Exiled former top Zanu PF leader Mandi Chimene who ran away from the country after the military coup in November 2017 has pleaded with her old enemy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow her to come back home and “rest.”

Mandi Chimene
Mandi Chimene

Chimene who used to lash out at then Vice President Mnangagwa during the peak of the G-40 in support of former First Lady Grace Mugabe said she misses being home with her children. She is also the former Makoni South MP and ex-chairperson of the Zimbabwe-China Friendship Association.

“Yes, I am hurt, yes I felt humiliated as a woman, to leave my children alone ndichienda kwendisingazivi korarama semutorwa. But the word sorry was created kuti ritaurwe nevanenge varesva. Whatever that was, I needed to come back home and die among my people.

Former Deputy Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission Justice Rita Makarau walking with then Manicaland Provincial minister Mandiitei Chimene
Former Deputy Secretary of the Judicial Service Commission Justice Rita Makarau (right) walking with then Manicaland Provincial minister Mandiitei Chimene (centre)

The once outspoken former Manicaland Provincial minister said: “To have spent my girlhood fighting to be free, only to find myself 37 years later stranded airborne on my way from China simply because another senior Cadre has taken over power was beyond my expectation.”

“Without disclosing my whereabouts, I must declare Zimbabwe to be my only home and no other. We rubbed shoulders during the war, shared the same plate of a small meal, and trained each other to win the fight. It is not too late to shake hands and embrace.

“President  @edmnangagwa, I am sorry for everything. All I want is to be back home to rest. Let bygones be. What’s sad in my life is that people have gathered to judge me on mistakes, real or imagined and make conclusions on my contributions to this nation based on what happened prior to 2017 and Nov 2017 itself.

“Let God be the judge but I remain a Cde. I miss stepping my feet in Zimbabwe,” she wrote on her Twitter handle.

Chimene fled the country together with former cabinet ministers Saviour Kasukuwere, Jonathan Moyo, Walter Mzembi, and Patrick Zhuwao. Nehanda Radio

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4 years ago

U don’t need permission from nobody u belong here Zimbabwe is for us the people of the soil.Come back home we will welcome n protect u tidye tose rifa renyika…

4 years ago

Rest there

4 years ago

Home sickness

4 years ago

Its a lesson fr bootlickers,things can change anytime .she thought mugabe would rule till forever

4 years ago

Walter Mangwiro even Mnangagwa must know that this world is not for us

4 years ago

kkkkkk zanu pf chiororo

4 years ago

Mhepo yekunze kwetende yamuwonesa chitsvuku kani, anogogodza anozarurirwa.

4 years ago

Come back am offering you security

4 years ago

Gara ikoko Dzamara is nowhere to be seen you tell us u wanna rest hakuchabike manga majaira kuba

4 years ago

Dzoka Ku garwe 🤣🤣🤣

4 years ago

Huya vakupedzise waitizei chii chaunotya

4 years ago

Israel Sivelakatshana ZANU CHIWORORO 🤣 Inodya kana vana vayo kkkkkkk

4 years ago

(Opinion) Iye ega ndoari kuzvinetsa.. Hapana patakambonzwa President achiti ane mhandu dzake dzakapotera kune dzimwe Nyika ☹️

4 years ago

Time to change coats!

4 years ago

No you have to pay for your sins first you wanted to anihilate our ED

Tapiwa Chingombe nonsense with your ED

4 years ago

Iwe isu takauya nekusatiza kare imi muchirikudya muchirasa muromo 🤣🤣 uchazodzokera isu taveko zvakare handiti wazviona kuti kusina mai hakuendwe

4 years ago

Kana vakaramba vachangofa vachiisiya Zimbabwe yacho

4 years ago

(Opinion) Totonzwa naye… nekuti hapana patakambonzwa President achiti ane mhandu dzakapotera kune dzimwe Nyika

4 years ago

You are now feeling what millions hv been feeling bcoz of yo Zanu since its formation,,,, warn yo fellows who are making ppl suffer, their tym is coming real quick

4 years ago

I bet Itai Dzamara requested for the same thing when he was being murdered in strange places you must reap what you sow..including those enjoying power today one day they shall reap what they sown

4 years ago

Isarudzo yako mdkni

4 years ago

These zanu guys when they are in power the will be eating as if there no tomorrow. Some don’t even invest. Vanounyana seshizha vakanhodzingwa mu zanu

4 years ago

Chimene wemenemene

4 years ago

Gara ikoko zim yakaoreswa nemi nachimene

4 years ago

Waitangirei musindo

4 years ago

Wakutsvaira mumba kumachembere kkkkk zvarwadza gara ikoko

Shamwari usapike namwari uchidaro ,mangwana zvinhu zvinoshanduka

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