I will not seek revenge… Mnangagwa

"...doing so would be satanic"

by Maxwell Katakamba

Newly appointed Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not seek vengeance to his real or imagined enemies within the ruling party following his ascendency to the powerful presidium, he has said here today.

Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Responding to questions from journalists after an early Christmas party his Redcliff Hotel hosted at Queen Of Peace Rehabilitation Home for the mentally challenged in Gweru this afternoon, Mnangagwa said seeking revenge was ‘satanic.’

“Seeking revenge is satanic, and the bible says vengeance is the Lord’s.”

Asked whether he had the proverbial nine lives of a cat after escaping so many an assassination attempt, Mnangagwa said our life was in the hands of the creator.

“God alone can decide whether we should continue living or die,” he said.

Earlier on the vice president said the plight of kids, especially those with mental illnesses, should be everybody’s concern.

“It has always been my desire to share my happiest moments with those society seem to have forgotten. Our presence here however is our most precious gift.” 

He went on to request Education regional director Agnes Gudo to look into the issue of granting the home a school status, a grant that was promptly okayed since no infrastructure is needed for the setting up of such an one.

Midlands lands officer Joseph Shoko was ordered to look for a farm risina matambudziko (that has no land squabble currently going on between settlers) so that the 82 inmates would be accommodated, where income generating projects would be carried out.

Mnangagwa, who had former Midlands governor and one-time Labour minister July Moyo on tow, as well as ex-Zifa boss Henrieta Rushwaya, also presented goodies such as 10 tonnes of maize, 200kilogrammes of rice, 100kilogrammes of sugar and four cartons of cooking oil. He also pledged to buy 20 doors for the home, situated in Harben Park suburb.

The vice president, who was scheduled to host again his Zvishavane folk at his rural home later during the day, said he would pay fees for 21 children, and had brought uniforms for the kids, most of which are at Thornhill primary school.

Speaking before invited guest, Michael Mawema, a rehabilitated outpatient of the home, said he had centre staff to thank after having suffered for long with no one to care for him after his parents left for the US.

“You’d be surprised what would happen if  we (mental patients) are given half chance, having observed how most of you are wondering in which way I am not well,” said Mawema.