Multi-Racial Christian Democrats (MRCD) leader Mattheus Guchutu has defended MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa saying that he is like the Biblical Joseph. This comes after Chamisa has faced stinging critticism for some of his outrageous statements. Guchutu whose MRCD is part of the coalition MDC Alliance said,
I have not seen anything related to overstatements or lies associated with our presidential candidate. If I had any particular problems with him, I would go to him privately and say please improve on this and that.
When he spoke of bullet trains, we are saying even in the bible, most of the people who did very well saw beyond the current. You can talk of Joseph; he was called a dreamer and through those dreams, he became the first Prime Minister of Egypt.
Tendai Biti added,
It’s people who are twisting and tooth picking (messages). Look to the substance of our speeches. Listen to our messages.
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The problem with people like Chimisa or Chamisa is that he has not been able to come up with a manifesto. That is why he comes up with some very childish pronouncements. He says anything that comes to his head and just yesterday he was talking about Indians, Chinese working for Zimbabweans as domestic workers when he is voted in as if it’s some kind of right or honour. What type of leadership is this. Do people have to simply support anything just because they think it’s an alternative? This is serious business i.e running a country and are some people so desperate that they can not see wisdom and focus in the new dispensation?It’s an assumption that the said nationals have nothing else to offer apart from cheap labour. Chimisa has no clue what the mantra that Zimbabwe is open for business means. Every citizen regardless of origin should be accorded the chance to excel and make Zimbabwe great. For Chamisa other nationals should have set roles and that’s nonsense. That is the danger of not having a manifesto. In any case Chamisa will not be able to come up with one as he is very good st plagiarism as evidenced by his plagiarised ITC policy he purports to have given to Rwanda . Chamisa chimisa upwereism hwako as this is becoming ridiculously ridiculous