Zanu-PF Midlands provincial deputy youth chairperson, Prosper Machando has been declared as the candidate for Chirumhanzu-Zibagwe constituency in the upcoming elections.
Zanu-PF members supporting Chrispen Tomu, led by councillor Tremendous Musara, recently protested against the declaration of Machando as the party candidate. Tomu’s supporters disrupted a provincial coordinating committee meeting in Gweru over the matter. It had been earlier announced that Tomu had won the primaries, but Zanu-PF claims the results did not include three other party districts that had failed to vote.
Zanu-PF Midlands provincial chairman, Daniel McKenzie Ncube told The Herald that they had resolved the matter amicably and Tomu is now campaigning for Machando. Ncube said he also engaged Musara. Emmerson Mnangagwa was the first Member of Parliament for Chirumhanzu-Zibagwe before his wife Auxillia Mnangagwa took over when he was elevated to the presidium in 2014.
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