"Liberating a country is not a one-day wonder," said Chamisa. And you failed to implement even one reform in 24 years! W Mukori

 There are many reasons why Zimbabwe is a failed state and one of the reasons has to be the disconnect between what those in positions of power and authority say and reality. Leaders like Nelson Chamisa and Emmerson Mnangagwa live in their own cloud cuckoo land!

Ever since the 2017 military coup tat ousted the late dictator Robert Mugabe, Mnangagwa was cocksure he was the man to revive the country’s economic fortunes. “Zimbabwe is open for business!” he announces soon after taking over. The disconnect from reality was obvious; nothing had changed! Zimbabwe was still a pariah state ruled by corrupt and tyrannical thugs who rigged elections top stay in power. 

And just to rub it in that nothing had changed, Mnangagwa promised to hold free and fair elections only to continue blatantly rig elections. He promised to stamp out corruption and corruption has gone into overdrive under his rule. Zimbabwe is sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss and yet Mnangagwa continue wittering about the country attaining upper middle income status by 2030. Vision 2030, as he calls it, is a mirage by moonlight!

The people of Zimbabwe have risked all to elect MDC/CCC leaders these last 24 years for the primary purpose of implementing the democratic changes to stop Zanu PF rigging elections. Last year Mnangagwa and company, yet again, blatantly rigged the elections - proof that the MDC/CCC leaders are corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless.

Addressing the issue of defections among opposition leaders to the ruling Zanu-PF party, as well as growing frustrations among citizens over Zimbabwe's prolonged struggles, Chamisa reiterated that the fight for freedom demands consistency and selflessness.

"The struggle to liberate the country is neither a one-day wonder nor an instant coffee affair. It's not a walk in the park or a fly-by-night task. One needs to be consistent, conscious, and strong. The fight is not a fight for opportunities, but a fight for values,” said Chamisa.

"We need strong leaders. Leaders who are not after serving themselves but who serve others. Leaders who are not motivated or driven by a galloping appetite for material gains. Leaders must be driven by the broader and collective objective of making a difference.”

One is tempted to laugh even thou this is no laughing matter! And so, I will cry!

Yes, implementing the democratic reforms to end the Zanu PF dictatorship was not “a one-day wonder”! You and your MDC/CCC friends have been on the political stage for 24 YEARS including the 5 years in the 2008 to 2013 GNU, when you had the golden opportunity to implement the reforms. Yet you have failed to implement even one token reform. Not even one!

Worse still, ever since the GNU debacle, MDC/CCC leaders have participated in flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuating the dictatorship the nation’s suffering out of greed. 

Of course, Chamisa and company know of the sheer futility of participating in these flawed elections. they are selling out.

“Look, you can't keep on participating in flawed electoral processes that serve to give big benefits to dictators such as Robert Mugabe. Mugabe has perfected the art of winning elections. So it will be very foolish for the opposition to continue legitimizing these sham elections which don't deliver. This country will go through a serious economic crisis in 2020 caused by Zanu PF. And yet, this is the only country where a government doesn't perform, it is encouraged by a super majority in parliament,” said Tendai Biti in a 2015 interview with Isaac Mugabi.

“So you can't continue subjecting Zimbabweans to processes where their hopes just get crushed.”

When Tendai Biti failed to stop his colleagues participating in the flawed elections; he joined them for his share of the spoils. David Coltart was a lot more explicit on why the opposition has been participating in the flawed elections.

“The (2013) electoral process was so flawed, so illegal, that the only logical step was to withdraw, which would compel SADC to hold Zanu PF to account. But such was the distrust between the MDC-T and MDC-N that neither could withdraw for fear that the other would remain in the elections, winning seats and giving the process credibility,” confessed David Coltart in his Book, The Struggle Continues 50 years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe.

Chamisa conned the nation to participate in the flawed 2023 elections claiming he had “plugged all the Zanu PF vote rigging loop holes. #Godisinit!”He knew he was lying because the nation did not have even something as basic as a verified voters roll. Freeman Chari and his Team Pachedu friends had shown that the voters’ roll was a shambles. 

Zimbabwe is a failed state precisely because the nation has been stuck with this corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship. For 44 years and counting Zanu PF has blatantly rigged elections or be it the last 24 years with the connivence the MDC/CCC sellouts. The nation has been led by demagogues who think themselves as God Almighty’s gift to the nation when in reality they are the curse to the nation!

MDC/CCC leaders have failed to implement even one token reform in 24 years because they ARE “motivated or driven by a galloping appetite for material gains!” Cry, the beloved Zimbabwe.

Parting shot! 

A healthy and functioning democracy - government of the people, by the people and for the people - demands that the people must be educated, knowledgeable, objective and diligent in their task of holding leaders to account. Zimbabweans, we are an ignorant, naive and gullible lot, easily conned. Both Zanu PF and MDC/CCC have exploited this weakness to no end. If the nation is ever going to get out of this hell-on-earth we are in, we will have to be a hell lot smarter than this.