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*Mnangagwa "Bribing" MPs To Avert "Bhora Musango", Says Chamisa*

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Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president, Nelson Chamisa, has claimed that the US$40 000 loans given to Members of Parliament (MPs) were an attempt by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to bribe legislators to avoid losing in the 2023 elections.

In a video clip that has been circulating on social media platforms, Chamisa accused Mnangagwa of trying to use the housing loans for MPs to avert a “bhora musango” within the ruling party.

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Bhora Musango is a strategy that was allegedly used by aspiring ZANU PF MPs and Councillors in 2008 whereby they campaigned for themselves while at the same time they de-campaigned the then-party presidential candidate, Robert Mugabe. Said Chamisa:

> But it’s not so much about the CCC, it’s much about Mr Mnangagwa, trying to avert a ‘bhora musango’ within ZANU PF because he feels the MPs are going to vote for themselves and not campaign for him but campaign for Mukomana (referring to himself).

> So, to try and oil the palms of the MPs, they couldn’t do it only for ZANU PF (MPs) from what I have investigated and I got a report this afternoon, they also had to do it for CCC.

Chamisa said CCC MPs, who were all elected in by-elections this year following the launch of the party in January, were supposed to have rejected the loans on principle. He said:

> CCC MPs were not supposed to drink from this poisoned chalice. They have joined the pioneer column, they have joined the gravy train and they have crossed the line.

> I’ve told them that if you don’t act accordingly, you know what it means. The citizens are waiting for you and they are going to punish you heavily.

> … I don’t agree with it, I don’t encourage it, I don’t support it, and I don’t believe that people must be talking about their welfare when the nation is struggling the way we are struggling.

> I went to the hospital, US$40 000 will do so much just to transform the outlook of our hospitals, in terms of linen and beds that are broken.

> It’s a pathetic situation, the toilets are not functioning. There’s nothing, not even boreholes, no water but if you take US$40 000 it will do wonders.

> For Parliament to want to behave like a bank or the government to turn itself into a bank that is giving loans, for me, defeats any logic.

Chamisa said he has since engaged CCC MPs over the loans which he described as bribes. He said:

> In fact, to call it a loan, is to be very nice. This is a bribe disguised as a loan, a donkey is a donkey, even if it looks like a horse. No.

> Let’s call spade a spade. You can’t call a lion a cat. It is a lion. If it’s a cat, it’s a cat. Don’t try to confuse the terms. Yes, I have engaged MPs.

The government has offered a US$40 000 housing loan to each sitting Member of Parliament (MP), US$500 000 for individual ministers and US$350 000 for their deputies.

Meanwhile, a group of data analysts, Team Pachedu, has advised Chamisa to bar the MPs from contesting in the 2023 general elections. Said Team Pachedu:

> The statement by Nelson Chamisa is what Zimbabwe needs, we need servant leaders, not Chefs.

> It would be best for him to go into 2023 with new MPs and drop anyone who accepted the ‘bribe’.

> There is nothing constant as change. Many young people are ready to step up and lead.

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