Former Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has urged Zanu-PF’s two factions which are fighting for control to urge President Robert Mugabe to retire and not compete in next year’s election. Mutambara said Mugabe should be writing his memoirs instead of competing in next year’s election. Mutambara also added that First Lady Grace Mugabe, was not qualified to be president saying that she was not ready. He expalined that the fact that he had not supervised Grace during his time as Deputy Prime Minister means that she is not ready. Speaking at the launch of his new book at Sapes Trust, he said:
All I can say is that I supervised (Defence Minister Dr Sydney) Sekeramayi, I supervised (Vice President Emmerson) Mnangagwa
So, I can do a seminar here and tell you whether they are able to be presidents. I took care of them and I have very good insights in terms of their abilities; I was in charge of them.
(Referring to Grace’s picture on the chart) we didn’t supervise them. It means they are not qualified to be presidents because if I couldn’t supervise you, you are not ready
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