ZANU PF’s newly-elected provincial chairpersons for Bulawayo and Matabeleland North have embarked on an ambitious task of rooting out factionalism and ending MDC-T’s dominance in the region.
By our Staff Reporters
Both Killian Sibanda (Bulawayo) and Richard Moyo (Matabeleland North) have pledged to reclaim all seats that the party has lost to the MDC formations since 2000. Sibanda, who has been leading the province in an acting capacity following the suspension of Isaac Dakamela, was on Saturday elected as the substantive Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson following a tough contest against four other contestants. In an interview with NewsDay yesterday, Sibanda said his party would soon implement strategies to end the MDC-T’s stranglehold in Bulawayo.
“We are also mapping up strategies to ensure that we go back to our position in Bulawayo. We will fight hard to ensure that we reclaim Bulawayo province,” Sibanda said.
His Matabeleland North counterpart Moyo said the imposition of leaders had been Zanu PF’s undoing in the region.
“There are some people who don’t want to work with others,” he said. “In the past, we have had problems in the party because of the tendency by some leaders to impose their choices. My challenge, therefore, is to make sure we unite as members and work for the good of the party.”
Moyo takes over from Matabeleland North governor Thokozile Mathuthu who has been doubling up as acting provincial party chairperson.
He was declared winner in last week’s election after his rival Patrick Utete conceded defeat before the end of the counting process.
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“I am going to work with everyone including Utete,” Moyo said.
“What we had was merely an internal contest and that is what democracy is all about. We shook hands after the elections and we are working together.
“At the moment, we have five parliamentary seats out of 13 in the province and what we need is to get those we lost back. “We need to work and ensure that all youths, whatever party they belong to, get assistance under government’s youth empowerment fund because youths in the province are complaining about being left out of the programme.”
