Own Correspondent|In a shocking revelation, Vice President Kembo Mohadi has declared that he failed to save almost 300 cattle at his farm from dying due to the persistent drought in the Beitbridge.

According to the state run Chronicle newspaper, Mohadi and other farmers in Beitbridge, said that the numbers of animals succumbing to drought continued to increase, forcing some to sell their livestock for a song.

VP Mohadi has so far lost 271 cattle at his farm with figures continuing to increase according to the media.

His lawyer, Mr Norman Mugiya said the Vice-President was losing an average of about 10 beasts a day.

Mohadi’s close associate, Beitbridge East legislator Albert Nguluvhe is also said to have lost more than 100 cattle at his farm in Bubi area. He said the increase in the number of deaths in most parts of the district was due to water shortages.

“Most cattle are forced to walk long distances in search of water and clearly an already starving cow or beast going through such a challenging situation is not likely to survive. We are saying Government should support farmers by providing them with tractors and slashers so that they can be able to cut grass growing on roadsides and feed their cattle,” he said.

The Ministry of Agriculture through its livestock department spent a lot of money and effort going around Matabeleland South province trying to educate farmers on how to save their cattle from the effects of drought.

Questions have been raised how Vice President Mohadi can work out plans to save citizens from the continuing drought if he could not apply so many of the possible methods to rescue his cattle from drought.