CAB3 CRIMINALITY : POWER GRAB IN LEGAL CLOTHING : CHIVHAYO & TEMBA JUST CONFIRMED : CAB3 IS NOT REFORM : BUT THEFT IN A SUIT.
BY RTD DIO SHEPHERD MPESWE
Zimbabwe is once again being asked to swallow a constitutional scandal dressed up as governance. CAB3 is neither about the people, their needs and aspirations nor about democracy, stability or national interest. It is about a ruling elite trying to lock in power, silence resistance and normalise state capture through legal camouflage.
At the centre of the latest disgrace is Wicknell Chivhayo, a man whose brand of “generosity” has become inseparable from ED's innercircle and its political theatre. When a businessman publicly dangles cash and a vehicle in front of a sitting MP during a live constitutional battle, that is not philanthropy. It is inducement by another name and it insults every citizen who still believes laws should be debated on merit, not massaged with money.
Enter Temba Mliswa, the defacto firefighter of the Precabe Politburo. Just like the system and the elite he represents, their outrage is selective. They are not angry because inducement exists. They are angry because it was made public. The real problem, for them, is not corruption itself but corruption seen by the masses, SADC region, Africa and the wider international community.
That is why Temba Mliswa’s rant should not be mistaken for principle. His attack on Chivhayo is not a defence of nation building or democracy. It is an attempt to discipline a reckless player who embarrassed the hand that feeds them. Mliswa and his handlers, Jacob Mudenda included, do not reject the dirty politics around CAB3 but they simply want it managed better, hidden better, polished better. That is not accountability but it is complicity.
Let us be honest and I repeat, CAB3 has never been a people driven project. It has all the fingerprints of an elite operation, cooked up in closed circles, massaged through party structures, sold to cabinet, then pushed into Parliament under the illusion of consultation. The people were invited to speak only after the script had already been written. This is how ED utilises his longevity in both party and government. Manufacture the outcome first, then stage a public process to decorate it. What a shame !
I mean the hearings, the submissions, the speeches and the parliamentary drama, much of it is theatre. A performance designed to manufacture consent while power moves in the background. When the numbers are arranged in advance, consultations turn into empty formalities.
This is why the Chivhayo episodes matter. They strip away the mask. They show a political class that no longer cares to even pretend to be ashamed. Cash, cars, promises, loyalty, silence and this is how the system operates. Not through merit and persuasion but through purchase.
As for ED and his inner circle, they are not bystanders. They are the political environment in which this behaviour flourishes. They preside over a culture where state resources, party structures and personal ambition are fused into one machine. A machine that rewards loyalty, protects insiders and punishes dissent.
Zimbabweans should not be fooled by the language of constitutionalism coming from people who treat the constitution like a disposable tool. If CAB3 passes through such a poisoned process, then it will not represent the will of the people. It will represent the triumph of ED and Zviganandas over a nation.
The truth is simple, this is not politics as usual. This is outright criminality wearing political colours. CAB3 is all about elites evading accountability, yet disguised as reform. It must be called by its name. CAB3 is not a national project. It is a power grab. Chivhayo, Tagwirei and Tungwarara are not mere benefactors but they are symbols of the rot.@LynneStactia@matinyarare@SajeniMapuranga@IsaacMakomichi@kerinamujati@MviringiHosia@TembaMliswa@advocatemahere@schikanza@ConvoWithTrevor@ibbosnr@RUMBIEPROPERTIE
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