By Paul Nyathi

The Mayor of Harare Councillor Ben Manyenyeni has challenged young aspiring leaders not only to use their age cry to remove the older leaders but to come in and be able to carry out the responsibilities.

In a sensational Facebook post on Thursday morning, Manyenyeni called on political parties to choose the best young leaders to contest the elections.

The Mayor’s full post reads as follows:

I would say 20% youth quota is fine but my plea being the youth are earning this quota not just by virtue of delayed arrival on mother earth.

There is a failed job to be rescued – a country to be salvaged and a whole new future to be secured – competence and capacity will be required – critically.

The pressure on the youth should really be how do they get their quotas filled by an able and competent younger generation.

It would be a betrayal of the quota mandate if this is used just to escape the poverty datum line without delivering a NEW Zimbabwe through competent leadership.

My message to my younger compatriots replacing some of us in stations of service (not of power) be sure you are good at it and if at all possible you are the best there is for MP or for Councillor.

It’s about US not you.

It’s about what NEEDS to be done not who WANTS to be it.

It is NOT your quota to “eat”.

I would love to say this one more time before the parties and individuals make their decisions on candidates for our forthcoming elections.

Good luck fellows.