Expelled Vice President Joice Mujuru was anointed President of Zimbabwe by a friend of disgraced Robert Martin Gumbura, Pastor Godwin Chitsinde of the End Time Message, according to a report presented by church members.
 
This came to light during the prosecution of Gumbura last year after it became clear Chitsinde and Gumbura were indeed colleagues from the End Time Messages cult who eventually fell out and Chitsinde is said to have turned against Gumbura resulting in the latter’s arrest for rape. Gumbura had for years been a polygamous preacher and “so why now all of a sudden?”, church members queried.
 
This was because Gumbura who was also a top ZANU PF official, opposed to Zimbabwe being run by a woman and he was punished for it, the church report says.
 
When contacted by ZimEye.com pastor Chitsinde admitted being Gumbura’s colleague adding that he had himself even “baptised him.”
 
He begged reporters not to publish his submissions before Gumbura’s application is heard lest court procedures are compromised and now that Gumbura’s application failed last year this reporter now seeks to reveal the truth.
 
It is claimed with the ouster of Joice Mujuru, there may be hopes of Gumbura being released through a presidential amnesty by Robert Mugabe’s successor likely, Emmerson Mnangagwa, also said to be a serial polygamist.
 
A Gumbura follower who refused to be named said of Gumbura’s incarceration in 2013: “This is the work of Mai Mujuru who hates polygamy and also working on behalf of Pope Chitsinde who anointed her president (of Zimbabwe). The judiciary said these are weak cases . In a real democracy they would have been thrown out. A VP who interferes with the judiciary should be forced to resign. But again this is like Somalia dysfunction is the norm,” they alleged.
However Chitsinde, of the Spoken Word Ministries, denied causing Gumbura’s arrest. He last year told the courts that he began receiving reports of Gumbura’s sex escapades in 1988, before receiving information in 1997 that he had raped his cousin. He said he first knew Gumbura in 1978, after baptising him in Westwood, Harare. Chitsinde denied ever influencing anyone to report rape charges against the embattled clergyman.
“We are not rivals,” Chitsinde said. “We are not in the same league. My ministry does not depend on his (ministry).”
Gumbura was early last year jointly convicted with his secretary Tendai Ganyani who allegedly assisted him rape a minor he had adopted.