By Lloyd Takawira & Kudakwashwe Vhenge
In his Christmas message MDC leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa threw a jibe at his antagonist President Emmerson Mnangagwa over a video that went viral on social media of him feeding his fish at his Kwekwe farm at the weekend, saying Mnangagwa was disoriented.
Chamisa said the Zanu PF leader lacked priorities and is misplaced and that him a the MDC president, he was going into the Christmas holiday depressed.
“Any serious and credible leader’s core business is the well-being and interest of the people they lead. On that score, I walk into the Christmas holiday depressed, challenged and burdened because my thoughts, mind and conscience are with the people of Zimbabwe who are suffering. They are suffering because we have deprived them of happiness and merrymaking. They are without cash, without fuel, without electricity, without water and even without freedom,” Chamisa said.
In an apparent reference to a video that featured Mnangagwa, MDC leader Thokozani Khupe and other Political Actors’ Dialogue (Polad) platform leaders at Mnangagwa’s farm appearing to be feeding fish the MDC leader said
“I wish I could have the luxury of feeding my fish at the farm with my friends, but I can’t. It is just impossible. We must feed the people not the fish,” he added.
Chamisa said he feels the pain and suffering that is being endured by the people of Zimbabwe who will miss the usual delicacies usually associated with the festive season.
“I sympathise with the people and feel with them, the definition of a sensitive leader. The way Zimbabwe is suffering, high school fees, dysfunctional hospitals; in other countries, people are busy having their best meals, their delicacies on Christmas and visiting best places. But in Zimbabwe, the situation is different. I was in Germany, I could feel the sense of Christmas, but that is not the situation in Zimbabwe. A sad indictment of those in leadership. Instead of dispensing love, they are dispensing agony and sorrow,” added Chamisa.
