By A Correspondent | Senator Douglas Mwonzora’s information mouthpiece has contradicted his own interview in which he said that he is going to recall Thokozani Khupe from her parliament post. Announcing on Saturday morning, his spokesperson Witness Dube described a viral WhatsApp chat record of Mwonzora with his girlfriend of many years, Lwazi Sibanda, as fake news.
In an exclusive interview with ZimEye last weekend, Mwonzora clearly announced that he is going to ignore Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson’s orders to retain Khupe as opposition leader; and use the Speaker of Parliament to sideswipe Mnangagwa, as he executes the recall. This move was further confirmed by the disputed WhatApp chats.
Yesterday, Mwonzora’s girfriend, Lwazi Sibanda confirmed in a discussion with ZimEye that the chats are authentic.
Senator Douglas Mwonzora’s roof is certainly on fire as he accuses his girlfriend of many years of conniving with Thokozani Khupe to get him imprisoned for stealing $6million.
The below WhatsApp chats albeit denied by Senator Douglas Mwonzora on Saturday morning, have been fully confirmed by his girlfriend of many years , Lwazi Sibanda who is at the centre of the conversations, and had personally shared them with MDCT top cadre, Mr Patson Murimoga (full interview streaming on ZimEye.com.)
Lwazi Sibanda speaks to ZimEye in a 20 minute long interview (WATCH AND LISTEN IN FULL in the live video streams ABOVE)
[1/7, 8:26 PM] Douglas Mwonzora: So what happened?
[1/7, 8:42 PM] Lwazi Sibanda: ?? Sorry spent the whole day ku mine just arriving home.Murimoga was very angry he didn’t even want to listen to me .He said col hm
[1/7, 8:42 PM] Lwazi Sibanda: You Kno his number
[1/7, 8:43 PM] Douglas Mwonzora: If this continues I am recalling the people behind him. They have started the fight. I have done nothing wrong. I won fairly but people want to continue fighting.
[1/7, 8:57 PM] Douglas Mwonzora: If this is what they are going to do it’s ok.
[1/7, 8:58 PM] Lwazi Sibanda: Give me tyme and tok to him maybe today he was stressed
[1/7, 9:00 PM] Douglas Mwonzora: As you can see people create thier own devil. I consider myself a good man.
[1/7, 9:01 PM] Lwazi Sibanda: Why don’t you col him n tok
[1/7, 9:03 PM] Douglas Mwonzora: I will never do that. What else do you people want me to do?
[1/7, 9:05 PM] Lwazi Sibanda: Well l thought maybe since he asked me kuti mukoma knows my number why didn’t he col me himself t
[1/7, 9:06 PM] Douglas Mwonzora: We are not the same. He is wrong. He did something very wrong. He is continuing. I never stole anything. But it’s ok. I guess I have to fight back. At least I tried.
[1/7, 9:08 PM] Lwazi Sibanda: Let me tok to him again tomorrow
[1/7, 9:08 PM] Douglas Mwonzora: Well it’s now up to you guys
[1/7, 9:09 PM] Lwazi Sibanda: I am not involved in this Murimoga thing.
[1/7, 9:10 PM] Douglas Mwonzora: Your team is involved Lwazi
But Mwonzora denies this evidence and he has issued the below statement, denying the revelations. FULL TEXT:
The Movement for Democratic Change is seized with a galling dosage of fake news in the social media and their online contemporaries purporting to be a WhatsApp chat meant to be construed as being about our President. This false and malicious piece of fake news must be dismissed with the utmost contempt it deserves.
The truth is that President Douglas Mwonzora is scheduled to meet all of our leaders in earnest, on or around the 11th of January 2020, when the party officially resumes its activities for the year. He has at no point since his election contemplated recalling any of our public representatives.
Our 27th of December 2020 Extra Ordinary Congress produced a legitimate, democratic, free and fair outcome that all our leaders have acknowledged. We therefore urge continued reportage of the status of our party, post this milestone to purvey factual, accurate, and plausibly justified facts backed by official party information channels.
Thank you
Acting Secretary for Information and Publicity