Interview: Former Tsvangirai adviser on presidential ambition

UNITED STATES-BASED Maxwell Shumba (MS), a former chief adviser to the late MDC leader and former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has decided to form his own party, Zimbabwe People First (ZimFirst), and fight for the presidency in the 2023 elections.

From being an advisor somewhere in the back office, now he takes the front seat to implement his ideas.

NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Taurai Mangudhla interviewed Shumba on his movement which he says has strong spiritual aspects, his deliberate strategy to woo war veterans as well as his relationship with Tsvangirai and other opposition leaders who belonged to the MDC.

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