Pride Mkono

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Pride Mkono: Musings on the 2023 election and corruption in Zimbabwe

By Pride Mkono The recent widespread reported cases of corruption and looting of public funds by opposition parliamentarians and councillors will have a huge bearing on the 2023 elections. Many analysts and pro-democracy activists, including myself, have argued that the opposition always score own goals which aid and abate continuation of ZANU PF misrule. The #40k parliamentary loot and US$5 million stands scandal in Harare are the latest of these own goals, which will definitely increase in the coming months. I give out at least 5 ways on how these brazen acts of looting public funds and assets will impact on the opposition's 2023 prospects:

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