ZANU PF Member of Parliament for Gwanda North Madodana Sibanda and his fellow ZANU PF community leaders in ward 11 of his constituency have celebrated the poor rainfall in the area warning villagers that those aligned to the opposition will starve to death.
Addressing villagers at Ntalale in Gwanda North over the weekend, the legislature supported by his compatriots warned the villagers that the area is bound for a poor harvest this year and government food relief will be needed and only those “loyal to ZANU PF will be accorded the food aid.”
The MP openly told the villagers that those loyal to the opposition MDC factions will be fed by the MDCs not government.
“I hope you can all see that this year is bound to be a drought, so please when we come with food aid those not loyal to us should not even bother coming to us for food aid but go to their MDC As, Ns and Ts,” Sibanda said.
According to people who attended the meeting which was convened as a ward developmental meeting, they were stunned when the MP and his entourage began chanting ZANU PF slogans and speaking ZANU PF business instead of developmental issues.
Some people are reported to have tried to leave the gathering but were forced to remain in the gathering by ZANU PF regalia dressed marshals who threatened them with violence if they left the meeting.
The angry villagers told this media that the communities of Ward 11 in the constituency have been sending numerous complaints about their ZANU PF councillor who has not done “anything” for them since elections but instead get victimised for complaining. According to the villagers they are continuously being exposed to ZANU PF intimidation for them to be loyal to ZANU PF against their will.
ZANU PF won the Gwanda North constituency winning two council wards out of eleven and ward 11 was where the party got its biggest number of votes of close to 2000 voters. Opposition parties claim that ZANU PF bussed in thousands of people from near by ward 12 of Gwanda South to register and vote in the ward.