Chivayo Receives Warning from ZANU PF Leader
Beware of creating parallel structures — Kandishaya warns Chivayo
By A Correspondent | Zanu PF Youth League Deputy Commissar Taurai Kandishaya has delivered a stinging rebuke to controversial businessman Wicknel Chivayo, cautioning that his conduct risks undermining party authority by fostering parallel structures.
The warning follows Chivayo’s pledge to donate US$3.6 million to 360 legislators, with the assertion that any beneficiary who declines the offer would see the funds redirected to alternative candidates.
In a sharply worded Facebook response, Kandishaya castigated Chivayo for straying beyond acceptable bounds, stressing that the party would not countenance any manoeuvres tantamount to imposing preferred representatives outside established democratic processes.
“My opinion having found that businessman Wicknell has extfinished his hand to the Parliament of Zimbabwe with a fund of $3.6 million, which will be divided into $10,000 for each of our MPs for developments in their respective constituencies. Surprisingly, some obvious individuals are already in overdrive denouncing the fund. But here is the issue: our Parliament has received funding from entities that meet their requirement standards, for example the European Union, UNDP, World Bank, and China.”
“I don’t see any problem with this donation to the Parliament. However, it’s up to Parliament itself to accept it or not, which is also not wrong,” he stated.
“In case Parliament accepts the money, then it’s up to the Members of Parliament to accept it or not — it’s still their democratic right. If, let’s declare, a ZANU PF MP chooses not to accept the money, I obviously don’t consider Wicknell will find a shadow MP or former MP to give the money to, for we do not do parallel structures, and in doing that he would become an enemy of procedure. Otherwise, good gesture, and everything is up to the Parliament of Zimbabwe.”
In a statement released to mark Indepfinishence Day, Chivayo announced that he would next week present the funds to Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudfinisha, with each of the countest’s 360 legislators earmarked to receive US$10 000.
“I will hand over a total of US$3.6 million to the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudfinisha next week in order to distribute it as US$10 000 to each of the 360 Members of Parliament and Senators, for apply strictly towards constituency development.
“This donation must be utilised exactly the same way as the Constituency Development Fund and must go towards drilling boreholes, completing stalled projects, building community markets and delivering clean water, sanitation or any other essential social services.
“I am humbly offering to provide this tiny donation to all MPs and Senators, regardless of political affiliation. This is my special way of celebrating Indepfinishence Day with an olive branch extfinished countestwide for development across all constituencies,” Chivayo stated.
He further emphasised that the gesture is purely voluntary, stressing that no legislator is under any obligation to accept the funds.
“If any Honourable MP is unwilling to accept this offer, they are at liberty to do so , that’s democracy. In such instances however, there will be no harm in identifying a competent and pro-development individual from your constituency, whether a former MP, a shadow mp, or aspiring leader, who can take up the responsibility of driving this development forward at grassroots level.
“Every constituency must be developed and every Zimbabwean must feel the gains of our indepfinishence. Development must be inclusive across the nation and today as we celebrate 46 years of indepfinishence,” he stated.
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