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(NEWZIMBABWE) Zanu PF expels deputy minister

Zanu PF expels deputy minister
01/09/2011 00:00:00
by Staff Reporter

LABOUR and Social Services Deputy Minister Tracy Mutinhiri has been expelled from Zanu PF. Mutinhiri, ex-wife of Rtd Brigadier Ambrose Mutinhiri and mother of Big Brother star Vimbai, was found guilty of “behaviour inconsistent with the party's principles”.

The charges stemmed from claims that she had aligned herself with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T party. She was also accused of defying Zanu PF’s parliamentary whip by voting for MDC-T candidate Lovemore Moyo in a closely-fought ballot for Speaker.

The decision to expel her, taken by the party’s politburo in Harare on Wednesday, means Mutinhiri could lose her seat as MP for Marondera East and will most likely lose her ministerial position.

Zanu PF spokesman Rugare Gumbo said: “It was unanimously agreed that she should be dismissed from the party with immediate effect. The politburo has taken that position and the secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa will advise her.
“We go by the decision of the disciplinary committee.”

Mutinhiri’s troubles began when the Zanu PF provincial executive in Mashonaland East charged and convicted her of “failing to be loyal to the party; failing to conduct herself honestly and honourably in her dealings with the party and public; and bringing Zanu PF into disrepute”.

The matter was referred to the party’s national disciplinary committee presided over by party chairman Simon Khaya Moyo. Mutinhiri unsuccessfully defended herself at a hearing on Tuesday.

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