against
MDC-T
supporters during food
distribution.
Two
MDC-T
supporters
were denied seed from
the Presidential Input
Scheme
at
Karuru
Township in Hurungwe
North on 4 December
2014.
They
were
removed
from
the
queue by Nicholas
Ngadowo of Zanu PF
on allegations that they
were active MDC-T
supporters during the
2013 elections.
Councillor
Nickson
Magaramombe
of
Mukamba, Ward 23
Magunje asked villagers
to pay $0.50 for the
Zanu PF congress on 31
December when the
congress
had
long
ended. The payment
was a condition to get
inputs
which
the
farmers
resisted.
However, the councillor
withheld the seed and in
the end the villagers had
to pay because they
desperately needed the
seed.
In a separate incident on
28 December people gathered at Hozheri business centre to get inputs from the Presidential Input
Scheme and only a few village heads got the inputs for their villagers, out of seventy five (75) village
heads, only fifteen (15 ) heads got the inputs.
In some areas of the province it was reported that authorities would demand payment of development
fees before before community members could access inputs. Councillor Alfred Dhewa of ward 11
Magunje addressed people on 17 December demanding payment of levy in exchange for inputs.
People were supposed to show receipts as proof of payment.
Residents of ward 1 in Zvimba West were told to pay $3 as levy and $1 for construction of a hall to
get inputs. The preference was given to those who paid leading to some villagers selling their property
at ridiculous prices to get cash to pay the required dues in exchange for the inputs. Ward councillor
Makore is the one who introduced this system of payment.
In Mutorashanga, the councillor of ward 30 announced the names of people who were not going to
benefit from the input distribution. The councillor emphasised that the people labelled as former VP
Mujuru supporters and well known MDC-T supporters were denied inputs because they did not
deserve to benefit from the donation made by First Lady Grace Mugabe.
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