Paul Nyathi

MDC T acting president Dr Thokozani Khupe and six others from that party were on Wednesday afternoon sworn in as Members of the National Assembly under the Proportional Representative seat.

The other members who were sworn in are: Memory Munochinzwa, January Sawuke, Lindani Moyo, Sipho Makone, Yvonne Musarurwa and Lwazi Sibanda.

The seven were part of 15 MPs nominated by the MDC T to fill vacancies following the recall of MDC Alliance legislators in an agenda clear of a conspiracy between the ruling ZANU PF and the MDC-T to weaken the MDC Alliance in parliament for probable clandestine plans.

The oath was administered by Clerk of Parliament, Mr Kennedy Chokuda.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda said the swearing in of the MPs followed a letter written to him by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) notifying him of the persons nominated to fill such vacancies.

Khupe who enjoys very close relations with President Emmerson was propelled to lead the MDC-T and ultimately the MDC Alliance through a shock Supreme Court ruling early this year.

Since then she has been recalling MDC Alliance MPs willy nilly and has started replacing the proportional representation ones with her own collegues.

Media sources in recent months revealed that Mnangagwa has been hatching plans to have Khupe brought into parliament and declare her an official leader of the opposition from where they will enter into an agreement to enter into a transitional authority and defer the 2023 elections to 2030.