A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Bulilima struck his 16-year-old ex-wife with an axe three times after he saw her with another man.
Nevious Moyo, who is employed as a general hand at Stretton Farm Compound in Figtree area, allegedly armed himself with an axe and struck Sisasenkosi Ndebele inflicting serious injuries on her leg, arm and back before fleeing from the scene.
Moyo appeared on initial remand before Plumtree magistrate Gideon Ruvetsa facing attempted murder charges and was remanded in custody to May 31.
Prosecuting, Elisha Mazorodze said Moyo ambushed Ndebele and left her for dead after the attack.
“On 8 May, Moyo met Ndebele while she was with her boyfriend and he confronted her on why she was with him. Ndebele dismissed the confrontation after pointing out that she and Moyo were now separated,” he said.
“At around 6PM, Ndebele and her sister were on their way home from a well where they had gone to fetch water.
“They came across Moyo who emerged from behind a bush armed with an axe. Moyo struck his ex-wife with the axe three times and then hit her several times with the axe handle. Ndebele’s sister rushed home during the attack and alerted her mother.”-state media

Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere was yesterday under the spotlight again after the sudden firing of Harare City Council’s finance director Justin Mandizha.
Mandizha barely eight months into his contract, has been relieved of his duties on unclear allegations.
The development comes immediately after the suspension of the mayor Ben Manyenyeni the latter who has furthermore been defeated by Kasukuwere at court, so far.
The state broadsheet reported Mandizha has been fired “mainly for his failure to steer the city out of debt and reduce ballooning salary arrears, which now stand at six months”.
The report continued saying, the Human Resources Committee met on Tuesday evening and decided to cut short Mandizha’s performance-based contract.
The decision is expected to be confirmed at a full council meeting.
Mandizha’s appointment was a subject of scrutiny during his short stint at council amid allegations that he was roped into city’s structures by his uncle, suspended councillor, Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni.
He also had his probation extended to six months after failing to meet set targets.
However, councillors who attended the meeting said there was a consensus that Mandizha had failed to meet his set targets.
“He failed to improve revenue collection and he also failed to collect money from places like Mbare Musika which just needs a pre-cast wall to control farmers and get revenue. When he joined council we were three months behind in the payment of salaries, but the figure has doubled,” said one councillor.
He said Mandizha was expected to get a letter terminating his contract soon.
Mandizha joined Harare last year after a short stint with Cashflow Solutions (Pvt) Limited. He joined Cashflow Solutions immediately after his tenure with the United Nations, where he acquired the bulk of his working experience. He worked with the United Nations World Food Programme and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.
At a recent full council meeting, most councillors blamed Mandizha for worsening the city’s salary arrears.
Human Resources and General Purposes Committee chairperson, Clr Wellington Chikombo, could not be reached for comment yesterday, but last week he said council was disgusted by the failure to pay salaries, saying deserving action would be taken.
“Deserving action will be meted against undeserving individuals; City of Harare is not a safe haven for inept, amateurish and un-proficient people,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Harare Municipal Workers Union has said the $275 000 set aside for salaries daily by the city is “just a drop in a sea full of fish that need food”.
Harare Municipal Workers Union executive chairman Cosmas Bungu said while the union welcomes the city’s efforts, they are not enough to address the dire situation the workers face.
“Of the $15 to $16 million council collects every month excluding collections from council business, the ideal situation that shows seriousness on the part of the employer would have seen the employer setting aside over $600 000,” he said.

Hundreds of Christians from all walks of life today, Wednesday, demonstrated against Primary and Secondary Education Minister for among other things introducing the “National Pledge,” and stopping Christian activities in schools.
Dokora who has become unpopular for several of his “unreasonable” policies now dubbed “the launching of a bloody jihad”, is forcing pupils to recite a Zanu PF poem he calls the National Pledge.
Dokora has ignored calls by the public and church organisations to stop forcing school children from parroting Zanu PF.
In the capital on, Wednesday,  scores of people, staged a massive demonstration in the city centre against him.
The  demonstrators challenged Dokora to resign.
“Zimbabwe’s education system is in a mess! Teachers remain unpaid and instead of addressing these pertinent issues the ministry is violating our children’s freedom of conscience,” read one of the messages carried by the protesters.

A MAN from Pumula suburb in Bulawayo has been sentenced to a year in prison for exposing his manhood to a 12-year-old girl. Norman Sivango, 38, a married father of two, met the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in a bush where she was picking up plastics to use in making a fire.
Sivango took out his manhood from his trousers, held it in his hands and charged towards the girl who ran away with the accused in pursuit.
Sivango pleaded guilty to a public indecency charge before Western Commonage magistrate Themba Chimiso. He was sentenced to an 18 months jail term with six months suspended.
“Six months are going to be suspended on the condition of good behaviour. You will serve an effective 12 months in prison,” said Chimiso. The girl said when she met Sivango, he instructed her to stop.
“I met the accused in the bush and he instructed me to stop as he held his privates. I started running and he ran after me but failed to catch me,” said the girl. Sivango attributed his bizarre behaviour to evil spirits.
“Your Worship, I wasn’t in my right mind when I acted that way. I was possessed by evil spirits your Worship,” he said.
Prosecuting, Steward Madzore, said on May 12, 2016, at around 7PM, the girl was approached by Sivango in a bushy area behind a church in Pumula suburb.
“The accused instructed her to stop. He ran towards the complainant with his private parts in his hands. The complainant ran away and he continued to follow her. The complainant informed a member of the neighbourhood watch committee who searched for the accused and managed to apprehend him,” said Madzore.-state media

Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo|Pupils at Zimuto High School are being forced to clean toilets with bare hands much to the dismay of parents. An anonymous letter written to the school authorities has left officials at the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe(RCZ) run panicking.
It has emerged pupils are being forced to clean the toilets without protective gloves and overalls,posing a serious health hazard in the process.
In the letter it was indicated pupils were likely to be affected by water-borne diseases. “There are reports that pupils at the school are the ones who do the cleaning of the toilets-sadly without protective gloves.There are chances that there will be a disease outbreak,”read the letter.
Several parents whose children are at the RCZ run boarding school have also lodged complaints on the issue. The headmaster of the school, Edson Chihanga said he was aware of the issue and said the School Development Committee (SDC) was handling the matter.
“I cannot comment on the issue because it is being handled by the SDC. You can get in touch with the RCZ education secretary if you want further clarification on the issue,” Chihanga told ZimEye.
Masvingo Provincial Education Director, Zedius Chitiga said he would investigate the matter and take appropriate action.

TWO war veterans died on the spot and 13 others escaped with serious injuries when a bus they were travelling in hit a cow and veered of the road near Filabusi and overturned.
The two deceased former freedom fighters, Saziso Sibanda and Betty Madhochi were coming from a meeting organised by the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Cde Obedingwa Mguni on Saturday in Gwanda.
Matabeleland South police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector, Nkosilathi Sibanda yesterday confirmed the accident that claimed the lives of the two ex-combatants.
Sibanda was from Gwanda while Madhochi was from Gweru.
“Yes, I confirm that two people died on the spot and 13 other sustained serious injuries at the 184km peg along Mbalabala–Zvishavane road at around 7PM near Filabusi kiosk. Tinopaishe Muremba aged 41 was driving due east towards Zvishavane with 15 war veterans and two other passengers. Upon reaching the spot he hit a cow and veered off the road to the right side and the bus overturned and landed on its roof,” said Asst Insp Sibanda.
“As a result the two died on the spot and their bodies were ferried to Filabusi Hospital mortuary. As police we urge motorists not to travel at night and observe rules and regulations of the road. We’re also appealing to villagers to pen their cattle to avoid loss of lives as police will not hesitate to enforce the law and punish those whose livestock cause accidents.”
This week, Matabeleland South police said they would soon start taking stern measures against farmers whose livestock stray into highways.
Offenders would be fined $20 per beast that strays into the road at night and $10 per beast during the day with culpable homicide charges being preferred if accident becomes fatal. chronicle

Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge has summoned the Zimbabwe Power Company to justify reasons for paying controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s Intratek $5 million for the 100 megawatt Gwanda solar project in the absence of a performance guarantee to safeguard public funds.
Dr Undenge, who was last week quoted as saying ZPC tenders were aboveboard, yesterday made a U-turn in the wake of the exposure of irregularities by The Herald saying there was need to get to the bottom of the matter and take action on officials who bungled on the $200 million project.
The performance guarantee would have given ZPC room to recover its money in the event Intratek defaulted on the contract.
As it stands, the Zesa Holdings subsidiary has nothing in place to cover the risk. Initially, Dr Undenge had been accused of pushing ZPC officials to make the payment in the absence of a bond.
“These are public funds and they must be safeguarded at all costs. Action will be taken on whoever would be found wanting. I have summoned the ZPC management to come and explain how this was made possible,’’ he said.
“I am also meeting the ZPC board, which appears to have been kept in the dark to get its side of the story. The ZPC management tried to explain why they released the money without a bond but that is not satisfactory. I will only be fully equipped with information after meeting the board tomorrow (today) morning.”
Dr Undenge added: “After that I will then issue a statement because as the minister superintending over such big projects, I cannot go quiet after realising there is a problem somewhere.
“Energy is one of the key drivers of the economy and as such, we have to get to the bottom of the matter. In any case, these projects run into millions of dollars.”
Zesa Holdings chief executive Engineer Josh Chifamba has also hinted that the power utility’s code of conduct had to be applied against those who defied corporate governance tenets.
In the absence of a performance bond, ZPC management was supposed to inform its board before releasing any cent but the panel was by-passed.
ZPC is headed by Engineer Noah Gwariro.
Zesa Holdings and the ZPC board are jointly calling for an audit of all power deals involving Intratek.
The private firm has also been awarded tenders to construct the 30MW Gairezi hydro power station at a cost of $128 million and upgrade Munyati power station for $113 million.
The $5 million released to Chivhayo without a bond was supposed to cover feasibility studies, topographical survey, boreholes, clearance of site, the geo-technical survey, fencing of the site, way leaves and administrative structures.
Only feasibility studies, borehole siting surveys and the topographical survey have been done.
According to documents gleaned by The Herald, the contractor should provide a performance guarantee and an advance payment guarantee.
Reads the documents: “The contract includes a clause to protect the client against losses incurred in case the contractor fails to perform as per clause 4.2 of the FIDIC Silver Book (contract book). The contractor will provide performance bond with a value equivalent to 10 percent of the contract price.
“The contract allows for an advance payment guarantee where the contractor requests an advance payment for mobilisation (on site). The advance payment is 30 percent of the contract price and is paid upon the employer receiving an advance payment bank guarantee. Under the requirement, the contractor is expected to procure and provide the guarantee at their own cost.”
The ZPC board met last Thursday and spent the whole day discussing the Intratek issue with some board members calling for the suspension of officials involved.
This comes as Government is working on a new law called the Public Sector Corporate Governance Act that will see corruption and other related maladministration in the public sector being punishable at law.
The new law, which is likely to be effected next month, would largely incorporate recommendations made in the National Code for Corporate Governance that was crafted by Government and the private sector in 2014.-state media

President Robert Mugabe is going to set a tribunal that will decide on whether Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana is still fit to hold his office.
According to the state media recommendations for the President to set up that body were made  by the Judicial Service Commission on Monday.
Legal analysts say the move is the last straw and shows Mugabe has already fired Tomana.
The once President Robert Mugabe’s blue eyed man, Tomana, is facing criminal charges at the Harare Magistrates’ Court involving an alleged “foiled bomb attack” on Gushungo Holdings Alpha & Omega dairy plant, and was in October last year slapped with a 30-day jail term for contempt of court after he defied court orders to issue certificates for the private prosecution of Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke and Telecel shareholder Jane Mutasa.
The sentence was, however, wholly set aside on condition that he complied with the court orders and issued private prosecution certificates to Mr Francis Maramwidze and Telecel within 10 days, failing which he would be barred from practising as a lawyer in Zimbabwe.
Kereke is accused of raping an 11-year-old relative while Mutasa was facing charges of swindling the company of airtime recharge cards worth millions of dollars.
The resolution to refer the case to President Mugabe was made at a meeting convened by the JSC commissioners yesterday.
In terms of the Section 187 (3) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe if JSC makes a recommendation to the President, the President must set up the tribunal.
Section 187 (10) states that the suspension of the PG or judge becomes automatic the moment a recommendation is made to the President.
Sources who attended the meeting yesterday confirmed the development saying only one commissioner out of nine who sat yesterday had a different view.
At the end of the day, the majority decision prevailed.
The resolutions came at a time Tomana was still fighting to block the disciplinary proceedings through the courts of law.
Tomana’s lawyers yesterday filed an application at the Constitutional Court contesting the dismissal of his application for referral of his matter to that court by the High Court.
Last week High Court judge Justice Lavender Makoni threw out the referral application by Tomana saying it was frivolous.
In the dismissed application, Tomana was seeking to bar all serving High Court judges from hearing his urgent interdict stopping the disciplinary action that had been initiated by JSC.
Instead, Tomana preferred a retired judge or a foreign-based one.
Yesterday’s application was a challenge against refusal by Justice Makoni to refer his request for a retired judge to the Constitutional Court.
Tomana last year was again at the centre of another storm for allegedly abusing the court process to rubber-stamp the acquittal of former Zupco board chairman, Professor Charles Nherera, who was charged with corruption.
The abuse reportedly occurred at the time when Tomana was the Attorney- General. Prof Nherera was acquitted by the High Court in November 2009 barely a year after Tomana was appointed to the post of then AG.
In his court papers filed at the High Court Tomana argued that the process seeking to remove him from office was unlawful and was activated by the JSC.
Tomana argued that the Constitutional Court judgment, which committed him to jail unless he issued certificates for private prosecution was issued from a court of no jurisdiction.
He also contends that the order was also invalid in that the Constitutional Court dealt with a matter which was not before it. The Constitutional Court, he added, cannot at law deal with a contempt of court matter.

Traditional chiefs yesterday demanded duty-free vehicle imports, farms, an increase in their monthly allowances, new vehicles, as well as government-funded medical aid cover, as if oblivious to the economic crisis the country is facing.
Speaking at the ongoing Chiefs’ Council meeting in Harare yesterday, the traditional leaders said they should be allowed to import vehicles duty-free at least once every three years as part of their benefits.
They also demanded to be allowed to choose for themselves suitable pieces of land ahead of their subjects and bemoaned delays in the disbursement of their monthly $300 allowances, which they described as a pittance.
“Why can’t government allow us to import vehicles duty-free since we are not being given the vehicles to use? This will help in alleviating our transport challenges,” Chief Masendu, of Matabeleland South, said.
Chief Ngungumbane from Midlands said the traditional leaders were “an important constituency”, which needed medical aid cover and deserved to be treated as legislators. “We also need clarity on the roles played by the MPs, chief, district administrator and the provincial administrator, as these people are fighting each other for recognition,” he said.
In response, Rural Development, Promotion and Preservation of National Culture and Heritage minister Abednego Ncube attributed the payment delays to fiscal challenges faced by the State.
“Once the economic climate improves, the ministry will take all necessary measures towards migrating to an efficient and effective payment system. The same applies to the outstanding purchase of vehicles, which is being affected by the constrained fiscal environment in the country,” he said.
“I wish to advise you that dialogue with the Finance ministry is continuing with the view of ensuring that the matter remains high on their priority list.” -Newsday

Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has been taken to task over his botching of Parliamentary cardinals.
Mnangagwa has sabotaged the democratic discharge of affairs in the August House, by dodging on the monitoring of crucial government Commissions.
This expose was made by Harare West Member of Parliament, Jessie Majome, who revealed, “every Commission must submit to Parliament, through the responsible Minister, an annual report describing fully its operations and activities”.
Lamenting the VP Mnangagwa’s disappointing response, Majome further explains; “the report submitted not later than the end of March in the year following the year to which the report relates. I asked him the very same question last year about this delay.”
She made a swipe at Mnangagwa whom she accused of exhibiting a patronising behavior, “The VP’s response is the usual patronising response that as a Government they are working on it, similar to his response last year. Government continues to ride roughshod over the Constitution.”
The tough talking Majome further reveals that Government is in contravention of section 323 of the constitution resolutely stating that she will continue the fight for the Supreme Law of the land to be adhered to, “in fact Government’s work is so simple. All they have to do is to follow the Constitution. Surely this is not much to ask.”
Majome has remained one of the few visible MPs in a Parliament full of dead wood, with many going for several sessions without contributing to any debate.

Terrence Mawawa | A cunning Gweru man stunned his girlfriend when he impregnated her 15 year old daughter after clandestinely dating the minor for more than a year.
Tawanda Marufu of Mkoba,Gweru,impregnated the girl after having sex with her on several occasions.The two would sleep together in the absence of the girl’s mother. Marufu appeared before Gweru Magistrate Musaiona Shortgame facing charges of having sexual intercourse with a minor. The mother of the minor only discovered the secret affair after she bumped into the messages that were in her daughter’s mobile phone.
She questined her daughter and she revealed she was in love with Marufu.She also revealed she was pregnant .
Marufu ,who is married,said the minor’s mother wanted to fix her for refusing to dump his family.
“The two have fabricated this against me because the complainant’s mother wants to fix me since she expected me to leave my family and marry her.Your worship I did not have sex with the girl ,”said Marufu. In response the minor’s mother said:”I put it that you had sexual intercourse with my daughter because sometimes I could leave you with her for days.” The judgment on the matter will be passed later this month.

A Shurugwi woman who could not stomach being jilted by her husband for another woman allegedly forced her three children to drink poison before committing suicide, police have confirmed.
Acting Midlands police spokesperson Sergeant Xolani Dube confirmed the incident which occurred on Saturday evening when Cencia Ncube of Railway Block in Shurugwi forced her three children Pamela (14), Lionel (11) and Makanaka Ncube (2) to drink water laced with Dimethoate chemical.
Sgt Dube said on the fateful day, Ncube had a misunderstanding with her husband, whose name was not given and stays in Gweru’s Mtapa High density suburb.
“Police in Shurugwi are investigating a case of murder and suicide where a female adult drank Dimethoate chemical and forced her three children to drink too. The incident occurred at the woman’s residence at Railway Block in Shurugwi on Saturday at around 4PM.
“Circumstances are that the woman, Cencia Ncube from Shurugwi, came home from Gweru after having a misunderstanding with her husband. It is alleged that upon arriving home, she drank Dimethoate chemical and forced her three children Pamela, Lionel, and Makanaka Ncube to drink it too,” he said.
Sgt Dube said after about an hour, Lionel went to inform their neighbour, Shelfin Williams, about what his mother had done.
“Williams went to the Ncube’s home and found her groaning in pain together with her daughters and informed another neighbour, Herbert Manduku, who ferried Ncube and the children to Shurugwi Hospital.
Ncube and Pamela were referred to Mpilo Hospital where they died on Sunday. The other two, Lionel and Makanaka are admitted at Shurugwi Hospital where their condition is stable,” he said.
Relatives alleged that Ncube and her husband only identified as Baba Pamela had a misunderstanding over infidelity.
A relative who spoke on condition of anonymity alleged that on Saturday, Ncube was informed by her aunt that her husband was having an extramarital affair with a woman who stays in Mambo high-density suburb in Gweru.
“Ncube’s aunt told her that her husband had given his mistress their vehicle and this angered her. She came to Gweru and confronted the ‘small house’ before confronting her husband, who was drinking beer at Mtapa Shopping Centre.
“The husband is reported to have told her off and said he was no longer interested in her,” said the relative.
Ncube, the relative added, went back to Shurugwi where she allegedly forced her three children to drink poison before committing suicide.-state media

Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo| Controversial Minister of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment, Patrick Zhuwao, was nearly beaten up by angry youths who demanded jobs from President Robert Mugabe’s nephew.

Zhuwao, who was in Masvingo last week to address a public dialogue meeting was forced to eat a humble pie after the youths threatened to detain him, demanding an explanation on the two million jobs promised by the government. The agitated youths also threatened to assault the minister if he did not give them a satisfactory explanation. The angry youths threatened to lock up Zhuwao at the Civic Centre, the venue for the meeting demanding an explanation on jobs promised by the government.
The minister came face to face with public anger when he was confronted by youths from Zanu PF in a surprise move that left him shaken to the core. Party insiders quickly claimed Zhuwao was undressed by youths loyal to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the perceived Zanu PF power struggles.
Tatenda Nyoka, an executive member of the Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union, an organisation affiliated to Zanu PF challenged Zhuwao to push for employment creation. “You are not going to leave this place unless you give us something tangible. We also want you to push parliament to adopt a quarter system so that youths can also get representation,” said Nyoka. Another youth identified as Charles Munganasa also said: “It is an insult for you to say the government is empowering us with education when it’s our constitutional right. The education is being paid for by our parents, therefore our parents are empowering us, not the government”. The youths also yelled direct insults at Zhuwao,  “Who are you to stop us from saluting our chancellor (President Robert Mugabe?”said the youths.
The embattled Zhuwao left the venue hurriedly following the embarrassing incident.

THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has castigated a Bulawayo magistrate for alleged bias after she acquitted a colleague on a charge of malicious damage to property. Batanai Tuwe recently acquitted Tsholotsho resident magistrate Victor Mpofu on a charge of malicious damage to property. Mpofu had allegedly destroyed a boundary fence following a land dispute.
The NPA, however, wants the matter to be heard again by a different magistrate on the grounds that Tuwe had been biased in favour of Mpofu. Mpofu had pleaded not guilty and then notified the court that he was going to apply for discharge at the close of the state case, which the state opposed.
Tuwe then set free her fellow magistrate. In papers before the court, the NPA argued that the presiding magistrate was biased and lacked a clear understanding of the law when she ruled that Mpofu had no case to answer.
“The decision by the first respondent (Tuwe) to discharge the second respondent (Mpofu) forms the basis of this application. Tuwe erred by acquitting Mpofu and she showed a clear bias if not a lack of understanding of the law,” said Nokuthaba Ngwenya.
She said Tuwe misdirected herself by disregarding the evidence of three state witnesses. “The first respondent erred by acquitting the second respondent prematurely before the application for discharge was made by Mpofu. -state media

The councillors of Harare will soon make a big decision which includes firing those  city officials accused of being incompetent.
It has been learnt these officials are accused of failing to steer the city out of debt and not doing enough to reduce ballooning salary arrears that now stand at six months.
The workers accuse the city of infringing upon their rights with Harare Municipality Workers’ Union executive chairman Mr Cosmas Bungu saying council workers have turned into beggars surviving on handouts from well-wishers Mr Bungu also represents workers in the Harare Municipal business units.
A councillor who spoke to The Herald on condition of anonymity said they were losing confidence in some of the city officials and would soon take drastic measures that included firing some officials.
Among those who are likely to face the chop are finance director Mr Justin Mandizha, who is accused of presiding over declining service delivery in the city and worsening the city’s salary arrears.
Mr Mandizha joined Harare last year after a short stint with Cashflow Solutions (Pvt) Limited, immediately after his tenure with the United Nations, where he acquired the bulk of his working experience.

He worked with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) before landing the current post at the council.
Councillors feel that he has failed to change the city’s fortunes because when he joined the city salary arrears were on three months but three more more months have been added.
At a recent full council meeting most councillors blamed Mr Mandizha for worsening the city’s salary arrears.
Contacted for comment, Human Resources and General Purposes Committee chairperson Clr Wellington Chikombo said council was disgusted by the failure to pay salaries saying deserving action would be taken.
“We are disgusted, it makes us shudder to say the least. Any excuse will remain unwelcomed, our employees have to be paid with immediate effect. No unjust system would be allowed to last forever. We will roll our sleeves to fight for the poor.
“Deserving action will be meted against undeserving individuals, City of Harare is not a safe haven pot for inept, amateurish and un-proficient people,” he said.–State Media

Major General (Retd) Kudzai Mbudzi drops Mugabe bashing book. 

A MBERENGWA man has left fellow villagers dumbfounded amid allegations he was in the habit of engaging in sex with his three daughters and allegedly sired three children with them. It is understood that the man from Chief Maziofa had a child with his first daughter, two children with his second and is believed to be sleeping with his third daughter. Sunday News visited the area last week, where traditional leaders and villagers alleged that the man who cannot be named for ethical reasons had indeed sired children with his children. Mabhiza village head Mr Moses Hove “confirmed” that the man has children with his daughters and was once arrested for incest.
“This issue is an old one. He has been doing that for a very long time and we are worried that when he was arrested, he was released despite my brother Sarai reporting him to the police. Personally I have never caught him in the act but from the information that we have gathered, he has three children with his two daughters. I am prepared to stand before the court and testify to what I know and what I have been advised by fellow villagers. This is unacceptable culturally. Incest is taboo. I can even go with you to his homestead and confront him in your presence,” said Mr Hove.
Other villagers claimed the man impregnated his first daughter in 2003 and the child was now 13 years old and doing Grade Seven at a local primary school. He was arrested after his son teamed with a fellow villager Mr Sarai Hove and reported the matter to the police but was allegedly released without being charged.
Another villager who said naming him will create tensions with the man said he chased away his son after he revealed to fellow villagers that his father was sleeping with his children and had impregnated one of them. The villager said the man then went on to impregnate his second daughter and the child is doing Grade Two. The man, the villager further alleged, had a second child with the second daughter who has just started the Early Childhood Development (ECD) education level.
“Everyone in the village is aware that the man sleeps with his children. He is such a shameless man. He has a child with his first daughter and two children with the second and now he is sleeping with his third daughter. He was once arrested but was released by the police. We suspect that he uses juju,” said the villager.
The villager added that it is suspected that the third daughter is also pregnant for her father. However, when the Sunday News crew visited the man’s homestead, he claimed that villagers were framing him. The man said the second daughter only had one child and said the last two children, which are said to be hers were his wife’s.
“I do not know about that. It is news to me whoever told you was lying,” he said. The man was, however, evasive when asked on why he was arrested in 2003 referring all questions to his wife. “Wait for my wife she is taking a bath,” he said.
The wife professed ignorance but did not corroborate with her husband on the number of children they have. While the man said they have seven children, his wife said they had six. Contacted for comment the third daughter referred the news crew to her father while others could not be located.

THERE was chaos at the Zanu-PF Convention Centre in Gweru yesterday during the revolutionary party’s Midlands Youth League inter-district meeting with members engaging in sporadic fights. Tensions exploded during the meeting with some youths engaging in scuffles after they formed small groups and tried to prevent each other from entering the venue. Police in anti-riot combat had to be called in to control the youths resulting in the meeting being delayed from 10am to 2pm.
Midlands Zanu-PF acting chairman and National Secretary for Education Dr Jorum Gumbo condemned the youths’ behaviour and vowed to discipline the perpetrators. He bemoaned lack of discipline among the youths saying it would tarnish the image of the party.
“I am embarrassed with the behaviour that you have exhibited today. The worst part of it is that you did it right in front of our guests. We had to call the police to restore order here as if we are not peaceful people. We have the names of the perpetrators and we will discipline them. Whoever was causing chaos is anti-President and Zanu-PF. Do not come here to cause violence,” Dr Gumbo told the youths.
Acting Midlands Zanu-PF Youth chairman Prosper Machando claimed the youths were being used by some political leaders who have ulterior motives. He claimed some members of the party who have amassed a lot of wealth were in the habit of bribing youths and buying them intoxicating substances so that they use them to their advantage.
Machando also blamed the national executive of the youths for allegedly creating rapport with a selected few in the province and circumventing proper channels of communication within the Youth League structures.
“We are worried that there are some members of the party who bribe our colleagues because they have accumulated wealth. They buy them beer and they cause confusion. Our province is united. Another challenge is that some people are going to the national executive and start confirming dates of the one million men march before we receive any formal communication as the provincial leadership. That is very wrong,” said Machando.
Meanwhile, Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Kudzanai Chipanga said the youths wanted a direct link to President Mugabe and no longer wanted a Youth Secretary who is not a member of the Youth League.
“We want a direct link between the Youth League and the President. We want to create a platform to interface with President Mugabe. Kwete zvekuisirwa madhara mberi kwedu (not to put old representatives in front),” he said.
Chipanga said the youths would want to engage the Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement, Dr Douglas Mombeshora to speed up the farm downsizing exercise to enable youths to benefit from the land reform.-state media

The state has blown over $400million on its controversial ZimAsset programme, the state broadsheet reports.

Government spent more than US$400 million on projects under the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation in 2015, with more resources expected to be channelled towards energy, housing, agriculture and other areas.
Zim-Asset, adopted in 2013, is Zimbabwe’s foremost economic blueprint and covers infrastructure and utilities, social services and poverty eradication, food security and nutrition as well as vaue addition and beneficiation through to 2018.
In a letter of intent to the IMF contained in the lender’s latest market report, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya said US$431,9 million went to water, energy, transport, irrigation and housing infrastructure last year.
Although he could not readily provide the breakdown, Minister Chinamasa told The Sunday Mail there was ample evidence of Zim-Asset’s progress.
Part of the letter reads, “We conducted a mid-term review of our economic blueprint, Zim-Asset. The outcome of that review suggests that we need to mobilise more financing and prioritise projects.
“To finance some of our projects, we have resorted to non-concessional loans, especially in the area of infrastructure investment, development partner support as well as statutory funds.”
The IMF report notes that Government recognised the importance of infrastructure to increasing productivity and competitiveness.
In the energy sector, Government is seized with several projects, including hydro, coal fired, diesel and solar power, all of which are at various implementation stages.
The UN has also come in full support of Zim-Asset, signing the Zimbabwe United Nations Development Framework that will see the world body mobilising US$1,6 billion between this year and 2020.
Zundaf has an average US$400 million annually to support development programmes as guided by Zim-Asset.
It will also support six national priority areas: food security and nutrition, gender and equality, HIV and Aids, poverty reduction and value addition, public administration and governance and social services and protection.
The IMF report states that the African Development Bank Group was involved in Zim-Asset implementation. “The (AfDB) engagement is anchored on the Government’s main economic policy blueprint—the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-Asset, 2013–2018).
“The bank supports the country through basic infrastructure rehabilitation in the water and energy sectors for inclusive service delivery; capacity building and technical assistance for strengthening institutional governance; and private sector participation for job creation. “
The IMF commended Government for implementing economic policies successfully despite adverse weather conditions and low commodity prices.
“(Government) underscored the importance of maintaining fiscal prudence and pressing ahead with ambitious structural reforms to address impediments to investment, foster private sector-led growth, and reduce poverty, making the best use of the Fund’s targeted technical assistance. “Further progress on these fronts, as well as on clearance of external arrears, will pave the way for full re-engagement with the international community, allowing Zimbabwe to regain access to external financing, particularly from the Fund, in support of its development agenda.”

Twenty-one more victims of human trafficking have returned home from Kuwait amid reports that some are still stranded in some small Gulf states as the government continues to seek ways of flying the country’s citizens home.
Efforts by the government and various stakeholders is bearing fruit as more victims of human trafficking arrived in the capital on Friday.
Speaking to journalists in Harare, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs Cde Kindness Paradza said the arrival of the 21 victims shows the government’s commitment to ensuring human trafficking victims are brought back home.
A number of Zimbabweans have been duped by unscrupulous employment agencies to travel to various parts of the world all in a bid to search for greener pastures.
Most of them have ended up being subjected to working as slaves with some being sexually abused.

Air Zimbabwe public relations executive Shingai Taruvinga Dhliwayo who was found dead in a bush in Botswana last week has been laid to rest in Norton.
Hundreds of relatives, friends and colleagues convened in Norton to pay their last respects to Shingai.
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport chairperson, Cde Dexter Nduna and Musha Mukadzi Zimbabwe Armed Forces Foundation national chairperson Mrs Marry Chiwenga said that thorough investigations should be carried out to bring the murderer to book.
Family spokesperson and father to Shingai, Salvation Army church pastor, Major Zindoga Nathan Taruvinga (Retired) said the family has lost a hardworking and loving daughter.
Friends and workmates said Shingai will be missed as she was a loving person who worked well with everyone in society. Shingai is survived by husband Totizirepi Dhliwayo and three children.

Former Minister of Education, Sport and Culture David Coltart has defended the recently launched national pledge saying it is principally correct but wrongly implemented.
The pledge was launched in schools at the beginning of the second school term on May, 3, but was received with mixed feelings as public schools embraced it while a majority of private ones rejected it.
Parents and churches have been campaigning against its recital saying it violates the country’s Constitution and their religious beliefs.
However, the Government has defended it saying its contents are derived from the Preamble to the country’s Constitution.
Addressing journalists at the Bulawayo Press Club on Thursday, former MDC Bulawayo Senator Coltart said Minister Lazarus Dokora’s intentions may be good but misunderstood.
Primary and Secondary Minister Dokora deputised Mr Coltart during the inclusive Government.
“Firstly, it’s not wise for any former minister of education to sit and criticise the current minister of education. It’s a difficult job, sometimes good intentions are misinterpreted. You’ll not see me on social media lambasting Dokora,” said Mr Coltart.
He said the pledge can promote patriotism among pupils.
“In principle the pledge is fine. In principle there is nothing wrong about getting children to recite a pledge. Many nations do it, it can build patriotism in children,” he said.
However, Mr Coltart said, the method of implementation had led to the outcry from parents and guardians.
“My concern about the pledge is two-fold. Firstly, I don’t think there was adequate consultation done and that’s not necessarily Minister Dokora’s fault. It might be a fault within the ministry. It seems to me in a Christian church and among other parents, rightly or wrongly, it came as a surprise,” said Mr Coltart.
“It wasn’t a good way of implementing a policy. Secondly, the pledge is too complex. We’re talking about a pledge that primary schoolchildren have to remember and recite.”
Mr Coltart said the pledge was also too long and not easily understood by pupils.

Terrence Mawawa, Gutu| President Robert Mugabe has conceded the government is struggling to secure enough food to feed the nation.
Addressing party supporters at a rally held at Chamisa Primary School in Gutu yesterday, Mugabe said the government was facing challenges in securing food relief for the nation.
Mugabe said lack of transport facilities was hampering government efforts to provide food relief.
Masvingo Province is one of the areas severely affected by drought.
“We know that there is severe drought here and we are making efforts to secure food relief.However we cannot supply adequate food aid because of the challenges we are facing. The government is battling to provide adequate transport facilities therefore we can only supply a limited amount of food.However let me reiterare that we will make sure no one starves. Mugabe also boasted of Zanu PF’s victory in the 2013 polls saying his party would win resoundingly in 2018.He said he would never lose sleep over the formation of the Joice Mujuru led Zim People First.
“I would like to thank the people of Masvingo for their unwavering support for Zanu PF.I know that you will keep on supporting Zanu PF. I am not even worried about the mushrooming opposition parties,” he said.
With the 2018 polls beckoning ,it remains to be seen whether Mugabe’s Zanu PF will romp to victory.
Political analysts believe the formation of a grand coalition will defeat Mugabe and Zanu PF.

MAN from Pumula suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested after he allegedly exposed his private parts to a 12-year-old girl.
Norman Sivango, 38, a married father of two, allegedly met the girl, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, in a bush where she was picking up plastics to make a fire.
He allegedly held his member in his hands and charged towards the girl. The court heard the girl ran away with Sivango in pursuit. She alerted a member of the neighbourhood watch who reported the matter to the police.
“I met the accused in the bush and he instructed me to stop as he held his privates. I started running and he ran after me but failed to catch me,” said the girl.
Sivango attributed his bizarre behaviour to evil spirits. “Your Worship I wasn’t in my right mind when I acted that way. I was possessed by evil spirits your Worship,” he told Western Commonage magistrate Themba Chimiso as he pleaded guilty to a public indecency charge.
Chimiso remanded him in custody to May 16 for sentencing. “You behaved very disrespectfully towards this young girl and you’re a disgrace to your family,” he said.
Prosecuting, Steward Madzore told the court that on May 12, 2016 at around 7PM, the girl was fetching plastics behind End of Time Message church when Sivango approached her.
“The accused instructed her to stop. He ran towards the complainant with his private parts in his hands. The complainant ran away and he continued to follow her. The complainant informed a member of the neighbourhood watch committee who searched for the accused and managed to apprehend him,” said Madzore. State Media

President Robert Mugabe has told the people of Masvingo that following Joice Mujuru is attacking the nation’s sovereignity.
Mugabe further warned Masvingo Province against being “tricked” into joining political outfits like the Joice Mujuru-led Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), saying such parties are no different from the other opposition parties as they seek to fight Zanu PF as opposed to preserving the country’s sovereignty.
Addressing thousands of party supporters gathered at Chamisa Primary School in Gutu, Mugabe said the opposition in the country is bent on bringing back the whites and reverse the land revolution by taking the land back to the white people.
Mugabe said the government is aware that some people who benefited from the land reform programme are clandestinely inviting some white people to work with them, warning that the government will not hesitate to take the land from such people.
He also announced that he is now a grand dad after his first child, Bona Chikore gave birth to a baby boy.
On drought, Mugabe said government is doing all it can to avert the devastating effects of the drought that affected most parts of the country.
Mugabe implored school authorities to be sensitive and not send school children back home for failing to pay fees as this is a difficult year for most parents.

An official with the opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) says they will not persecute ageing President Robert Mugabe if they assume power in the eagerly-anticipated 2018 elections since the nonagenarian is past his due date.
In a statement to the Daily News, former Masvingo minister of State Kudakwashe Bhasikiti said even though Mugabe and his Zanu PF government have been in breach of the country laws on several occasions — retribution is not on the ZPF agenda.
“Fresh free and fair elections will usher in a new political leadership to extricate Zimbabwe from this demise. No one can persecute such an old man. He has run past his race. The economic laws of diminishing returns are taking their toll on him. No one can expect fruits from a dry fig tree,” Bhasikiti said.
Bhasikiti, who was sacked from the governing party along with former Zanu PF bigwigs, ripped into Zanu PF’s so-called one centre of power.
“It is extremely surprising to hear Zanu PF asking those it expelled or suspended to write letters of appeal. Unashamedly, they set up a kangaroo court to hear those appeals. I just wanted to give free advice to Mugabe and his wife. They should simply apologise to all the people they abused with their unwarranted expulsions and suspensions.
“Nevertheless, they owe all the people they abused by these expulsions and suspensions an honest apology,” said Bhasikiti.
Pointing to recent confessions by suspended and expelled Zanu PF youths that there were used to vilify that former vice president Joice Mujuru Mujuru in 2014 — Bhasikiti said no “self-respecting cadre” should “glorify Mugabe’s’’ abuse by writing unwarranted letters of appeal for there is nothing to appeal for but receive an apology from abusers”.
But Bhasikiti noted that hoping to get an apology from Mugabe is perhaps asking for too much considering that the 92-year-old strongman has never apologised for the Gukurahundi atrocities of the 1980s which resulted in the death of over 20 000 people.
“This same arrogance and self-denial is seen in the handling of the Gukurahundi massacres. All that is required from Mugabe . . . is to publicly apologise together with all the soldiers who participated in that ordeal.”
According to Bhasikiti, all what Mugabe has to do is ensure that people who suffered at the hands of his long rule are compensated and find closure.
“This might see Mugabe go to his exit with some dignity and respect as we are all compelled to forgive those who persecute us.”
With the introduction of bond notes the talk of town, Bhasikiti said piecemeal solutions will not solve the country’s economic problems.
And with Zanu PF seemingly ready to embrace comrades who were expelled at the height of the 2014/15 purges Bhasikiti said he would rather die than join “a dead party”.
“I can go on to advise that he (Mugabe) should peacefully resign for he has run down our economy. The plan to reintroduce Zim dollars by the back door through bond notes will do nothing to avert this deterioration as economic performance has long ceased.”

A 31-YEAR-OLD woman from Kwekwe allegedly beat her daughter to death with an electric cable after accusing her of indulging in sex and drugs at an early age.
Vimbai Mashiri yesterday appeared before Kwekwe Resident Magistrate Taurai Manwere charged over the death of 14-year-old Thelma at their section 5 Mbizo home on Monday evening.
Mashiri is alleged to have used a black electric cable that was over two metres long to fatally assault her daughter.
“The now deceased was beaten all over the body with an electric code resulting in her sustaining bruises and most of her body turning black,” according to a report prepared by the prosecution.
Prosecutors advised against granting her bail, warning she was suicidal and had received threats to physically harm her from her inlaws.
Manwere remanded Mashiri to May 24 and advised her to apply for bail at the High Court.
Simeleni Nkala appeared for the state.
Mashiri is alleged to have been angry after discovering that Thelma was indulging in sex and not sleeping at home. She had also become addicted to hard drugs.
Neighbours told the state media yesterday that Mashiri called an ambulance after assaulting her daughter thinking that she was unconscious, but the ambulance crew pronounced her dead on arrival.
They said Mashiri then handed herself to the police.
“Mashiri’s husband is a kombi driver and on that night he was not home,” a neighbour said.

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Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya has written to the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) seeking to avoid testifying in the ongoing inquest into the death of 11 people at his church’s crusade in Kwekwe in 2011.
Prophet Magaya was summoned by Kwekwe magistrate Taurai Manwere to appear at the inquest on May 17. PHD lawyer Everson Chatambudza, in a letter to the prosecutor, Fiona Mukwena, said Prophet Magaya had no relevant evidence to give to the court.
Chatambudza said Prophet Magaya was not in the stadium at the time when the stampede occurred. He said there was therefore no need for the church leader to testify.
“We wish to say our client has nothing relevant to tell the court as far as the inquest is concerned. Our client had a statement recorded by the police which is self-explanatory that when the stampede occurred he was not there.”
“In fact the bulk of the evidence shows that when the stampede took place he was not present and thus did not witness anything,” reads part of Chatambudza’s letter addressed to Mukwena.
the precast wall which was brought down by the congregants after police allegedly blocked the exit points. (Pic by Munyaradzi Musiiwa)
The precast wall which was brought down by the congregants after police allegedly blocked the exit points. (Pic by Munyaradzi Musiiwa)
He said they were approached by the investigating officer, Chief Inspector Muchedzi on May 6 who had the instructions from the court to subpoena Prophet Magaya.
Chatambudza, of Rubaya and Chatambudza Legal Practitioners, said Chief Insp Muchedzi said Prophet Magaya was supposed to attend court on May 17.
“Unfortunately he was unable to see Prophet Magaya as the prophet was preparing for an all-night prayer scheduled for the same day hence he was referred to our offices,” he said.
Chatambudza referred Mukwena to Rule 6 of the Inquest Rules which states that the sole reason of the process is to ascertain who the deceased was, how, when and where the deceased came to his or her death.
“Given the clear provision of Rule 6, we do not see how our client will assist the court in so far as this inquest is concerned. As such we are of the view that the court shall call evidence of people who witnessed the stampede to enable it to achieve its objectives in terms of Rule 6,” said Chatambudza in the letter, a copy of which the state media has.
He said in his statement to the police, Prophet Magaya clearly stated that he left the venue at about 10:05PM before the stampede.
“For avoidance of doubt paragraph 7 of our client’s statement reads as follows, ‘I left at about 2005 hours and was escorted to my place. At 2050 hours I got a call that there was a stampede at the stadium.
“I drove to the stadium and found out that the stampede had already happened,’ That’s our client’s statement which is in your possession which is saying he did not witness the stampede.
“He does not know how the eleven deceased met their death,” said Chatambudza.
The inquest continues on May 17. the state media

Terrence Mawawa, Chiredzi| A Chiredzi based white sugarcane farmer was brutally killed in a grisly murder incident.
Adolph Willem Botha’s body was found lying in a pool of blood and blood stained footprints were noticed near his lifeless body, ZimEye.com reveals.
According to details from Triangle Police Station, Botha was found dead by his workers on Saturday morning.
“Botha had earlier gone to the bank to withdraw $6500 to pay his workers’ wages,” said a police officer based in Triangle”.
They continued, “he went with Christopher Musiiwa and the two were together from that time until the day Botha was found dead. Musiiwa has since fled from the farm and he is on the run. A housemaid identified as Chemedzai Mudziviro reported for work in the morning.
“She rang the bell at the gate but she did not get a response. She waited for the supervisor, Joram Muvazhi, who opened the gate. On entering the house, the two saw blood on the doorstep and rushed to report the matter to the police. The police officers opened the door and found Botha’s body lying in a pool of blood. His cellphone was on the table and drawers in the bedroom were open,” they added.
Police sources further indicated Musiiwa was spotted at Chingwizi a day after the murder.
He is expected to assist the police with investigations. It is believed Musiiwa was well aware of the fact that Botha had withdrawn cash from the bank.
Masvingo Provincial Police spokesperson, Inspector Charity Mazula was not readily available to comment on the matter.

The date for the anti-Dokora march by united churches countrywide has been moved to the 18th May.
Dubbed “Dokora’s Expulsion Day,” the 18th May is to see churches countrywide meeting in Harare to demand the sacking of Education Minister Lazarus Dokora, who has crushed Christian liberties in schools. READ MORE

Former ZANU PF Chairman for Mash West, Temba Mliswa says he is ready to defend his farm from Local Government Minister Savior Kasukuwere.
Mliswa told journalists in Harare he is not scared of Kasukuwere who last week threatened to invade his Karoi farm.
Mliswa, who is the Youth Advocacy for Reform and Development (YARD) founding leader, said he is not intimidated by the violent threats posed by Kasukuwere and said he will approach the courts to defend his constitutionally given farm.
Mliswa who is Kasukuwere’s former fitness trainer, said he is not intimidated. “I am not intimidated by such people who incite youths to go and fight. We expect people like him to be coming with economic initiatives that can recover the economy rather than fighting individuals,” said Mliswa.
“If he wants to incite violence on me, then tell him I’m ready to fight. I know how he operates so I’m not afraid. He knows I can take him down at any given time,” said YARD boss.
Mliswa vowed that the farm in Karoi is his and no one can take it away, as he is a beneficiary of the Land Reform Programme initiated by the government in 2000.
“That farm is protected by the laws of this country. I own that infrastructure,” he said adding that he is different from most of the beneficiaries of the land reform because he paid for most of the land.
“So they cannot wake up and just talk about invading my land.
“They have always targeted my farm for residential purposes but they cannot jump to Karoi and target my farm alone, there is also a farm owned by Minister Chombo’s wife as well as the prison farm, so it is a process. Most of these things that he says contravene the urban Act,” Mliswa said.
He challenged Minister Kasukuwere to invade his farm but warned that it will not be an easy task as there are laws that protects his ‘rightfully acquired farm’. He added that there was no way government through Kasukuwere can confiscate the farm.
Temba Mliswa also took time to encourage people to speak out against injustices being perpetrated by the ZANU PF led government . He rallied behind Ace Lumumba for finally ‘seeing the light’ following his dig deeper videos which seek to unearth corruption government.
“I urge everyone to take up arms and speak out against misrule and injustices against the ZANU PF regime. Thanks to my brother Ace for finally realizing that, I hope it is not too late but he is doing a good thing.
“I also urge the youths to stay out of politically motivated violence as they will rot in prison. Those that send you will abandon you when all explodes. We want youths who are progressive that is why we have Youth Advocacy for Reform and Development.
“This organization stands for the development of this country and that is why we will support anyone who will contest against ZANU PF. We will campaign for them.” – Lovejoy Mutongwiza/263/Additional Reporting

President Robert Mugabe flew back into Harare today after attending the inauguration ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.
Mugabe was met at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko and several cabinet ministers.
President Mugabe was among the 15 heads of state and government who witnessed the installation of President Museveni for a 5th term at the Kololo ceremonial grounds in Kampala today.
Presidents Edgar Lungu of Zambia, John Magufuli of Tanzania, King Letsie III of Lesotho, Jacob Zuma of South Africa, Idriss Deby of Chad, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Omar Al Bashir of the Sudan, Theodore Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, Salva Kiir of South Sudan, Baboucar Keita of Mali, Prime Minister Desalign of Ethiopia and two former presidents of Tanzania Ali Hassan Mwinyi and Jakaya Kikwete were also in attendance.
The mood at Kololo ceremonial grounds, the venue of the installation ceremony was ecstatic as the capacity crowd cheered and chanted slogans.
Soon after taking his oath, President Museveni gave his acceptance speech, pledging to increase exports of processed goods, uplift the standards of living for most Ugandans and build national infrastructure especially dams for provision of hydro energy.
“Uganda is on the threshold of attaining middle class status, and we are going to work hard to increase exports in order to reach this goal. We are also going to work hard on infrastructure development, and the building of more dams for irrigation and electricity generation is among this government’s priorities in the next five years,” said Museveni.
Last night, President Museveni hosted a dinner for the visiting heads of state and President Mugabe received great honour as his attending counterparts received him with a huge standing ovation.

President Robert Mugabe has cracked the whip and ordered war veterans to take part in the planned solidarity march organised for him by the Zanu PF youth league despite their earlier threats to boycott the event.
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association spokesperson, Douglas Mahiya confirmed the development yesterday.
“It is no longer a million-man march, but a parade that has been called by the President. Now as military people, we have decided that we will take part because it is our leader who has called on us and not some ideologically bankrupt group with ulterior motives,” he said, adding they could not defy a directive from their party leader
The Zanu PF youth league has been struggling to co-ordinate the march and in a last ditch attempt last week ordered provincial structures to marshal funds enough to transport 100 000 people each to the capital for the procession tentatively set for May 25.
Early this week, war veterans dismissed the planned march as a waste of resources at a time the majority of ordinary Zimbabweans were facing grinding poverty, but Mugabe flexed his muscle and reined them in.
“We are taking part to provide leadership and the ideological direction that was lacking. We feared it would have been hijacked by some people to push their own agenda. The planned march did not have the correct political ideology and a formula to mobilise people and we are going to provide that,” Mahiya said.
“It is basically the politburo, chaired by the President that has officially invited us and Zanu PF has its ways of raising funds. We always had a problem with the exclusion of war veterans in the planning for the march. But now we think this is the beginning of a proper political programme that should turn into economic programmes that benefit the people.”
Tensions between the youth league and war veterans, have been simmering for some time with both sides trading verbal spats.
This comes amid reports that a section of the youth league was supporting the G40 faction fronted by First Lady Grace Mugabe, while part of the war veterans’ association was sympathetic to Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Both Mnangagwa and Grace are reportedly jostling to succeed Mugabe, although they have publicly denied harbouring such ambitions.- Newsday