Knives out for Mliswa-Chikoka

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THERE are concerted efforts to remove Zanu PF Mashonaland West provincial chairperson Mary Mliswa-Chikoka amid revelations that a vote of no-confidence petition is circulating in the province.

Sources said 27 out of 59 provincial executive committee members had signed the petition.

The scheme, hatched a long time ago, was revived a few weeks ago when provincial secretary for administration Misheck Nyarubero wrote a letter without the blessing of other provincial executive committee leaders castigating Mliswa-Chikoka for co-opting members into the executive without proper consultations.

“It was after this that PEC [provincial executive committee] members present in the new meeting started complaining about the unilateral appointments that the provincial chairperson Cde M Mliswa had made. PEC members started leaving the meeting venue complaining about the main provincial co-options being null and void,” wrote Nyarubero to the party’s commissariat department

This forced Zanu PF political commissar Munyaradzi Machacha to visit the province last week where he rectified the anomaly by rescinding the co-options.

Nyarubero said there was no need for the petition since Mliswa-Chikoka’s mistakes were corrected.

Zanu PF provincial spokesperson Nigel Murambiwa said there was talk of a petition against Mliswa-Chikoka being fronted by some party members within the province.

“We urge all to be calm and shun divisions within party structures. Everything is going on well in our province, but you know, this is politics, anything is possible.” — NewsDay