3 Bulawayo MPs Disqualified From Zanu-PF Primary Elections

Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial chairman, Professor Callistus Ndlovu confirmed that three sitting legislators have been disqualified from contesting in the party’s primary elections. The three are among eight candidates that were disqualified.

The three legislators that were disqualified are; Pumula MP Godfrey Malaba, Luveve MP Ntandoyenkosi Mlilo and Nkulumane MP Killian Sibanda. Ndlovu could not disclose why the 8 aspiring candidates were disqualified. Said Professor Ndlovu:

The vetting was done at two levels. The first one was at provincial level while the second one was at national level. The decision to disqualify some of the candidates was done at a higher level. They looked at the list we supplied and took into account our comments and on the basis of other information they have, which we don’t have ourselves, involving security issues and others, they decided to drop some people and their decision is final. The candidates understand that the final decision is made at national level. The reasons were not given to us because they involve political security issues. I’m sure you realise that Zanu-PF had problems, some of which were related to the G40 cabal. That could be one of the reasons but the national commissariat didn’t mention that. Incumbent MPs are actually more exposed than aspiring MPs because people know what they did wrong. It could be political or incompetence

The total number of aspiring House of Assembly candidates for the 12 constituencies in Bulawayo is 53 with a total of eight disqualified candidates.

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