President pledges better pay for civil servants President Mugabe
President Mugabe

President Mugabe

Takunda Maodza in GWERU
GOVERNMENT will use revenue from diamonds and gold to revive closed industries and improve the salaries of civil servants which Finance Minister Tendai Biti refused to review despite a directive to do so, President Mugabe has said. Sanctions-induced hardships depressed industry by a factor of up to 40 percent according to Minister Biti’s conservative estimates, while Zanu-PF assessments put the total cost to the economy at over US$42 billion over the past 12 years.

He also reiterated his call for municipalities to scrap all unpaid water bills and rates incurred from 2009 to cushion people from economic difficulties.

Addressing tens of thousands of Zanu-PF supporters at a star rally in Mkoba, Gweru, yesterday, the President said MDC-T councils were abusing money paid as rates and bills by residents at the expense of service delivery and urged the electorate to be wise when electing councillors on July 31.

“Tinenge tichiti vashandi vapihwe mari yakakodzera, vangave vashandi vehurumende. Takazvipira kuti nyika yedu ifambe. Hatingati vanhu ngavarambe vachizvipira. Vanhu ngavapihwe masalaries nemawages aripamusoro, zvimwechete kumateachers nemacivil servants ndezvimwe zvatino kuvimbisai.”

President Mugabe, who is also Zanu-PF First Secretary and President, said other Heads of State and Government were earning hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the First Family was surviving on farming.

Minister Biti, the President said,  refused to review civil servants salaries during the tenure of the inclusive Government, leaving Government employees to wallow in poverty.

A child wearing the colours of the revolutionary party“Makazviona kuti macouncillors amakapihwa imbavha dzehusiku namasikati. Imi munozodzwa zvikwereti ivo vachizadza homwe dzavo.”
He promised to revive industries while at the same time encouraging Zimbabweans to fully embrace Government’s indigenisation and economic empowerment programme.

The President said it was disturbing to note that Minister Biti refused to release US$500 million from the International Monetary Fund to assist distressed industries in Bulawayo and other cities, saying up to now Government was not aware of what he used the money for.

He said revenue from diamonds and gold would be channelled towards the revival of the country’s once vibrant industries once Zanu-PF wins the polls.

President Mugabe challenged the banking sector to also play a positive role by providing loans at reasonable interest rates to industry.
He said there were consultations between his office and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono to see how people who lost their money during the switch-over from the Zimdollar to the multi-currency regime could be compensated.

President Mugabe urged people who still had Zimdollars to keep them as there were plans to compensate them.
He condemned homosexuality and lesbianism saying such practices had no place in African tradition and even in church.
“The church says homosexuality is an abomination.

“It is an abomination even in our custom. Down with those people. They deserve a burdizzo,” President Mugabe said.
He said those engaging in such practices were worse than animals saying even his bull knew its partner.

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai says homosexuality was a human right and attempts by his party to sneak it into the new Constitution failed.
President Mugabe applauded the people of Midlands for coming in their thousands saying their attendance was a clear indication that they realised that they voted the wrong people into Parliament in 2008 and must make amends this time around.

 

He urged Zimbabweans to safeguard the country’s independence and sovereignty saying the enemy was working hard to reverse gains registered since independence.

“Nyika yakakosha zvikuru inosungirwa kuchengetwa haikona kuti ngaiyende mumaoko emuvengi zvekare,” President Mugabe said.
He urged Zimbabweans to vote massively for Zanu-PF and ensure that the revolutionary party wins resoundingly.

The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe, who has been supporting President Mugabe throughout the campaigns, thanked the people of Midlands for coming out in their thousands to support the visionary leader.

She said she was also happy that campaigns had been going on peacefully in a clear sign of political maturity.
Amai Mugabe assured people that the scrapping of bills was not a political gimmick saying President Mugabe meant what he said as he was not a man of false promises.

She donated 50 tonnes of mealie-meal, 20 tonnes of sugar beans, four tonnes of salt and 1 120 cases of cooking oil. Each case has 12 bottles.
Addressing the same gathering Zanu-PF secretary for legal affairs and Chirumanzu-Zibagwe candidate Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa branded President Mugabe a biblical Moses with the interest of his people at heart.

“Hama dzangu mhuri yekuno kuMidlands ndoda kutambira baba vedu vaMugabe naMai Mugabe. Ndoda kuti muchengete izwi rababa. Ndoda kutaura shoko rokuti tinovona tisingavonesesi, tinonzwa tisinganzwisisi. Nhasi uno tinababa Moses wedu akatibisa munyika youranda akauya nesu kunyika yechipikirwa vakati minda iyo. Zvicherwa izvo!”

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