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4.3 Politicization of government inputs
On 6 November, during a hand-over of 250 plots from Green Fuel to
villagers in Chinyamukwakwa, Chisumbanje area in Chipinge, Lands and
Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka exposed Zanu PF’s politicization of
state resources. Masuka told villagers that they would only receive free
farming inputs if they vote for Zanu PF’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa
in the 2023 elections. Masuka also stated that Zanu PF legislators had been
given the mandate to oversee the distribution of government farming
inputs, arguing that the inputs were from the government and Zanu PF
formed the government. ZPP has documented several cases in which Zanu
PF has used government inputs to coerce communities in rural areas to
vote for the party in elections. Since most rural communities survive on
government inputs and food aid, it is difficult to realise their right to
political affiliation.
ZPP recommends the adoption of the following interventions to ensure the
reduction in the politicisation of government inputs:
4.3.1 Parliament exercise the oversight role to ensure that government
inputs are distributed non-selectively without limitation and regardless of
their political affiliation, gender, disability, race.
4.3.2 Document and expose cases of politicization of government inputs to
ensure that political parties desist from the practice.
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