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Chakamwe Chakamwe  Correspondent
In the past few weeks, a terrible disease triggered by the just-ended harmonised elections broke out in Harare and later on spread to other areas.

At first it started as general excitement caused by the elections.

However, it soon deteriorated into a very strange kind of political schizophrenia, which attacked mostly members of the MDC-Alliance.

Schizophrenia is a disease of the mind.

In this case, the political schizophrenia which attacked the MDC-Alliance supporters was caused by the MDC-Alliance leaders wanting their leader Nelson Chamisa to win the presidency.

The above political schizophrenia made many MDC-Alliance supporters speak in tongues, with everyone of them becoming a present day Prophet Isaiah of biblical fame.

They began to recite the prophesies of Prophet Isaiah, directing their chants at zanu-pf supporters, who were completely surprised by that sudden turn of events.

Below are the prophesies of Prophet Isaiah MDC-Alliance supporters recited at street corners, churches, bars, workplaces and funerals, among other places, all made with the intention of turning Chamisa into a demigod, who would easily win the harmonised elections.

“The Government of the promised son. The people that walked in darkness will see light. For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given and the Government will be upon his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

They went on to say what his rule was going to bring and went on to quote Prophet Isaiah again.

“The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb and the leopard shall lie down with the kid and the calf and the young lion and the fatting together.

“The eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then the lame shall leap like a deer and the tongue of the dumb sing. They shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

zanu-pf supporters, with their mouths agape, wondered who the miracle worker was who was referred to by quotations from Isaiah.

They asked: “Gentlemen and ladies, who is this great person you are talking about through your prophesies?”

In reply, MDC-Alliance prophets, for emphasis, recited a poem from the great Roman poet Vigil called “The Eclogue”, which is very similar to  Prophet Isaiah’s sayings:

There is going to be a golden age

The creator of this age will be a wonder child

He will free mankind from sin and pacify and rule the world

The goats will come home by themselves with milk-filled udders

Nor will cattle be in fear of great lions. The serpent will perish and the treacherous herb of poison will perish.

Now, who was this fellow whose greatness the MDC-Alliance prophets were using Prophet Isaiah and Vigil to predict his coming?

They answered in Latin: “He is going to be pater patria, pontifex marximus, devi filius!”

What does this mean, zanu-pf asked?

It means: “He is going to be the father of the nation, the chief priest of all chief priests, son of God.”

“However, the above refers to Augustus Caesar the first Roman Emperor?” zanu-pf retorted.

“Yes its true, but don’t forget that he is going to be the new Caesar.

“What about zanu-pf? What is he going to do with them now that he is coming as the new Caesar?” zanu-pf supporters asked with bated breath.

On hearing the above, the MDC -Alliance leaders went back to recite the sayings of Prophet Isaiah again.

“He has utterly destroyed them. He has given them to the slaughter.

“Their stench shall rise from their corpses. And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.”

“Who is this guy?” zanu-pf asked, and the answer they got finally was: “Nelson Chamisa!”

But then, people must be serious.

How could mature Zimbabweans shout biblical verses until their voices got hoarse praising Chamisa to the skies, saying he was going to win the elections without evidence to back that claim?

A strange thing took place a month or so ago. From nowhere, a mania – a Chamisa mania suddenly gripped Harare. Everywhere you went, you heard people saying Chamisa was going to win the harmonised elections.

At first, some of us thought it was one of those many jokes that are invented during elections, but no, MDC-Alliance backers were pretty serious!

They believed their propaganda, hence the drums announcing the forthcoming “big win” for Chamisa were beaten at every street corner in Harare.

To make matters worse, the South African media, especially television channels, joined in the “madness”.

They took the role of “pure media thugs”, attacking zanu-pf every time they talked about the harmonised elections in Zimbabwe.

One of the channels went to the extent of employing a so-called Zimbabwean commentator who appeared to be mentally deranged.

The man spoke as if he was possessed or high on drugs. He would sing the praises of Chamisa to the heavens, while giving zanu-pf and its President no chance of winning.

zanu-pf bashing became the order of the day for those media thugs.

It was highly irresponsible for people who should have known better to give Chamisa a godly chance of romping home to victory in the past elections without any evidence to back it.

The bad thing about this was that the general MDC-Alliance supporters believed the false prophesies made by their political formation and South African media.

Therefore, when the elections were held and it turned out that zanu-pf had, in fact, won by more than two thirds majority, MDC-Alliance backers found it hard to believe.

They began venting their frustrations by gathering and engaging in low intensity rioting.

It was wrong for the false prophets of the MDC-Alliance and their South Africa media thugs to preach a high intensity, but false sermon that Chamisa was going to win when he didn’t campaign seriously the way zanu-pf did.

zanu-pf worked hard and earned the deserved victory.