Gumbo defends Mnangagwa for hosting expelled Zanu PF members

Zanu PF provincial chairman for the Midlands, Jorum Gumbo has defended Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa for inviting guests who were expelled from Zanu PF to a New Year’s eve party.

Said Gumbo:

There is nothing sinister about that event. This is what we have been doing in the Midlands. We used to meet at his (Mnangagwa’s) home in Redcliff, Kwekwe, or at (former justice minister) Byron Hove’s home in Buchwa. So this is not a new creation; we are only just pleased that now there are people from other provinces coming to grace the occasion. It was just a private gathering of family and friends. People go there uninvited and it is not somebody’s business to chase people who come to eat and drink. I did not attend despite being the interim provincial chairman because I was having my own function with my people, so I don’t know who in their right senses would say so and so should not be around.

Mnangagwa was criticised by provincial chairmen and his opponents in the party for hosting expelled or suspended ZANU-PF members. Some were quick to highlight that Mnangagwa wanted to oust Mugabe.

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