By Talent Gondo| Leader of the breakaway faction of the MDC Dr Thokozani Khupe has appreciated government interventions at the funeral of the late national hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa.

Khupe revealed that while she does not like talking about leader of the other breakaway faction of the MDC Nelson Chamisa, it should be appreciated that government intervened and the late liberation hero had a decent send off.

ZimEye (QN) spoke to Dr Khupe (TK) and below are excerpts of the interview:

TK: I came almost at the same time with the minister of state.

QN: Do you have a comment on Emmerson Mnangagwa’s failure to attend burial?

TK: I don’t have a comment because I don’t know why. I don’t have a comment.

QN: You don’t feel it was weird or awkward for South Africa to send its representatives and yet he was not in attendance only his portrait was there and I’m talking about also the portrayal of the portrait at the front of the podium instead of Dumiso Dabengwa’s picture?

TK:But but but as you know that he was declared a national hero and government did all these things that were there, so for me I think I really appreciate because got a decent send off everything went on very well all the preparations transport, paperwise, everything. So for me I really appreciate the role that they did. In making sure that he gets a good send off.

QN: And what about the giving Nelson chamisa space to speak as if he is President?

Do you feel that was right?

TK: But but I don’t like commenting about other people, that’s my nature so I don’t have any comment on that.

QN: But generally as we conclude, how do you find everything, how do you find the way the funeral was handled by the government do you feel that they were fair on the Dabengwa family?

TK: I went to the house and you know everything was going on very well and the funeral everything went on very well as far as I know because that’s a funeral. They were going to…

QN: You don’t feel that the government disrespected the Dabengwa family?

TK: They were there, government was there, they were represented Ministers were there they represented government. I saw Monica Mutsvangwa, the ministers of state I saw them they were there. Because government is not just one person mind you, government is not one person it is the whole executive.