After controversially flooding health centres in Lupane with medication and health equipment ahead of the Lupane South by election held last month, ZANU PF has taken the same strategy to Glenview Constituency ahead of yet another by election.
This time the ruling party is using First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa who they claim is government Health and Child Care Ambassador to distribute medical equipment into the constituency.
Mrs Mnangagwa was in the constituency yesterday where she promised to forward requests by medical practitioners and local leadership to relevant authorities for Glen View Polyclinic to be immediately upgraded to a referral district hospital with adequate equipment for procedures such as cervical cancer screening and treatment.
The First Lady also donated baby blankets and clothes to mothers to boast the ZANU PF campaign through her shadowy charity organisation, Angel of Hope Foundation.
Mrs Mnangagwa toured the maternity ward and donated baby kits to newborn babies in the ward.
She also donated similar items to women who had come for antenatal and post-natal care.
The First Lady also handed over baby clothes to the clinic donated by an apostolic sect — Sungano Yevapositori — to cater for dumped babies and disadvantaged expecting women who come to deliver without adequate materials at the polyclinic and other surrounding clinics.
Addressing the gathering, the First Lady thanked members of Sungano Yevapositori for collaborating with the polyclinic in assisting less privileged mothers and dumped babies.
“As a church you have been working with this clinic for many years donating what you can especially to new-born babies, we salute you for that,” she said.
“Through my Angel of Hope Foundation, we are committed to assisting women, children and the vulnerable in society and you (church) also highlighted that you appreciated my charity works. However, my efforts alone cannot satisfy the demands of thousands of Zimbabweans longing for assistance hence what you are doing as a church is highly commendable.
“I have been briefed on various issues by the clinic’s representative and the local councillor and have also taken down their concerns.
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“I was told that it was their wish to have this polyclinic to be transformed to a referral district hospital.
“I am still leading in the fight against cervical and breast cancer and the authorities here indicated they also required cancer screening equipment put in place here.
“I will take the concerns to relative authorities and plead with them for the benefit of this community and surrounding areas.”