By Dorrothy Moyo| The same man who brutally axed his way into his ex wife Tambudzani’s house, nearly killing her, Kembo Mohadi has embarked on a nationwide peace building program.
Last week ZimEye telephoned Mohadi and briefly grilled him on his violent conduct. A trapped Mohadi responded by asking who he was speaking with and avoided answering the question. He later on hung his phone up. (WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW)
This time the state owned Chronicle quotes Mohadi speaking during a presentation of his paper on the topic “National Healing and Reconciliation’s Contribution to National Security” to students attending a National Defence Course 07/18 at the Zimbabwe National Defence University in Harare yesterday.
VP Mohadi is responsible for the National Peace and Reconciliation portfolio in the Government. The portfolio ensures that peace building and conflict resolution are given the prominence they deserve nationally.
He said people who live in peace and tolerate each other and reconcile after disputes would do it to move the country forward.
“People who are at peace with each other and reconcile after disputes are not a threat to national security. The threat to national security in such a social environment is from external forces and an element, as there is peace and tranquillity within,” he said.
He said in the Second Republic, national healing and reconciliation was a vital block to peace building.
“National healing and reconciliation is a major building block in the national peace building architecture which contributes to preservation of national security.
“In the new dispensation, the national peace building architecture originates from the Zimbabwean Constitution. Chapter 1 gives the founding values and principles of Zimbabwe which is a unitary, democratic and sovereign republic”, said VP Mohadi.
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) pre-supposes that there have been conflicts in the past and the Government strives to ensure post-conflict justice healing and reconciliation as well as developing and implementing programmes to promote national healing, unity and peaceful resolutions to disputes.
The Government of the new dispensation has clearly articulated its peace building architecture which is part of Vision 2030.
Meanwhile VP Mohadi said he would embark on a peace building programme in the country’s eight provinces starting with Mashonaland Central province.
“I am going to engage in dialogue with our traditional leaders. As I carry out my outreach programmes with chiefs in the provinces, a consensus on the traditional building blocks of peace and conflict resolution will emerge.
“A template on peace building and conflict resolution that is based on our tradition and culture which is inclusive will be crafted”, he said.
He said he would be accompanied by the President and Deputy President of the Chiefs Council and leaders of Provincial Assemblies.
In Bulawayo Ukuthula Trust has said it is ready to assist families of Gukurahundi victims rebury their loved ones as part of efforts for them to find closure and ensure national healing.
The expert organisation in the field of pathology and exhumations last week assisted in the exhumation of the remains of a couple that was killed in Tsholotsho during the height of the disturbances in 1983.
The exhumation was done at Nkwalini Village in Sipepa, Tsholotsho. – Additional Reporting State Media