Chief Murinye (Mr Ephias Munodawafa) on Tuesday told US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Brian Nichols that illegal economic sanctions imposed by his country on
Zimbabwe should be removed as they were hurting ordinary people.
Chief Murinye, who was giving a vote of thanks at the end of a signing ceremony for US$475 000 availed by the US government through the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) at Great Zimbabwe Monuments, said the US should consider the suffering of the people because of the sanctions.
The chief urged Mr Nichols to tell US President Mr Donald Trump to remove the illegal economic blockade on Zimbabwe.
“My message to you (Ambassador Nichols) is that please tell the great American President (Mr Donald) Trump to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe,” said Chief Murinye, who is one of Masvingo’s prominent chiefs.
“Zimbabwe is reeling from those sanctions.Tell him to have mercy on us and lift the sanctions.”
Chief Murinye’s take on the illegal sanctions had been stoked by Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira, who had earlier called on the US
administration’s financial assistance for the preservation of Great Zimbabwe Monuments to be extended to the Zimbabwean economy in general.
He said such financial assistance would help the country to realise its developmental goals as envisioned by President Mnangagwa’s administration, which seeks to
make Zimbabwe an upper-middle income economy by 2030.

The Herald