Dear Senator Morgen Komichi
29 June 2020
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By Kennedy Kaitano- Over the weekend I was about to write an apology to Dr. Khupe after I had after I had pointed out to her that her days as Acting President of the MDC-T were numbered following the announcement by Khaliphani Phugeni, flanked by Dr. Tapiwa Mashakana  at a Press Conference that Chief Justice Malaba had given a six week grace period before the implementation of the Supreme Court suggestion to hold an Extra Ordinary Congress.

However, I shelved the initiative after information I gathered from an insider who is part of the MDC-T Khupe faction leadership, and it became clearer to me what could be happening after reading the weekend story of the sudden U-turn to revert back to the original 31 July 2020 as Congress date.

 The announcement shocked me, because I had followed the Supreme Court Judgement and all the developments associated with it religiously. I wrongly thought to myself that the extension might have been corruptly granted by Chief Justice Malaba, probably on the instruction of President Mnangagwa, to the extent that in my apology letter to Dr. Khupe, I was also going to argue why this extension had been kept a guarded secret, reminding her that this Judgement had attracted international attention, and everything had to be done in a transparent manner, querying why that provision had not been made public from the onset.

I apologise for my wrong thinking that some underhand acts were at play to grant Dr. Khupe and her faction’s wish for an extension of the Extra Ordinary Congress date.  

Confused as I was, I was approached by a colleague who is in the leadership of the MDC-T Khupe faction who indicated to me that  there was panic and confusion in the camp as Dr. Khupe’s days at the helm were numbered, and the false announcement  was a response to my principled articles through which I have been pointing out that the MDC-T Khupe faction was failing to stick to the Supreme Court Judgement as they were using faction decisions, not the full 2014 structures’ decisions in the planning of the Extra Ordinary Congress.

They had also unconstitutionally expelled people who were in the 2014 structures in order to manipulate the Extra-Ordinary Congress outcome, and illegally and unconstitutionally recalled legislators from Parliament and Senate. My informant told me the announcement had been made with the hope that the faction would then persuade Government to instruct the Chief Justice to confirm the extension.

Now the words attributed to Professor Lovemore Madhuku that Chief Justice Malaba  had not given the party the permission to push the congress dates come as a relief. I now see more panic and more infighting in an already divided faction, but they have to blame themselves.

These guys refused to listen to free advice, which I made sure they had as I shared with them most of my media articles, to the extent that I even had them as the addressees in my article, so they cannot deny to the media that they indeed saw the advice, but they thought otherwise. Thanks to Professor Madhuku for setting the record straight.

My message to you, Senator Morgan Komichi now is, as you take over responsibility of organizing the Extra Ordinary Congress after Dr. Khupe’s, you have very little time to convene a Council meeting of the MDC-T 2014 structures, which should discuss all the unconstitutional decisions that have been made by the Dr. Khupe faction since 31 March 2020, and reverse all these illegal and unconstitutional decisions, and then Council will start a proper plan for the Extra Ordinary Congress.

However, as it appears it is no longer feasible since the Section 6.2.6 of the Constitution requires that a notice convening an Extra-Ordinary Congress shall be sent to all members entitled to attend and to each branch by the National Council at least one month before the date of the meeting. So, please ensure that all the illegal and unconstitutional acts since March 31 2020 are reversed by 1 July 2020 to ensure that the appropriate National Council can call for the Extra Ordinary Congress to take place by 31 July 2020.

And please refer to all my previous published articles. And note that I have praised you before on your good reading of the Constitution of the party regarding quorum, and please maintain that adherence to the Constitution of the Party in implementing the Supreme Court Judgement, now that it is your turn, even though the Supreme Court made an error to call you the Chairperson.

The Court papers in which you were appellant had you as Chairperson, and the judges thought you were the chairperson at the time pf Dr. Tsvangirai’s death. Note that the same appellant papers had Advocate Chamisa as President, so both your position would have been equally affected, but I will allow you to get away with that one, but know it that the Supreme Court Judgement referred to you as Chairman of the 2014 structures by error – but that is a discussion for another day.

Parliament of Zimbabwe and  Government of Zimbabwe who had openly supported the MDC-T Khupe faction should start worrying about these latest revelations, and I hope they will find it as a huge learning curve, even though this leaves them with a huge egg on their face.

If Parliament and the Government of Zimbabwe followed the rule of law, Speaker of Parliament Job Mudenda, despite his known well publicised and documented involved in the Willowgate Scandal and his counterpart in Senate, Mabel Chinomona, would have waited until the conclusion of the Supreme Court Judgement to even accept the recall letters and look at their merit before expelling legislators, and Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi whould have avoided his public uttering that Government was to give the money owed to the MDC Alliance to Dr. Khupe as reported by the state media.

Maybe, if you want Senator Komichi, seriously consider Honourable Abednico’s advice to forgot about the Extra Ordinary Congress to pave way for a genuine re-unification of all the original MDC members who are still committed to the struggle

Once beaten twice shy. The world is watching. God is watching