Professor Arthur Mutambara who for more than a year has held onto the government post of deputy Prime Minister despite his ouster from party leadership early 2011, has failed to secure a share of the government allocated US$8 million which is set aside for political parties in the 2012 national budget.
Several frantic appeals by Mutambara have led to Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa outrightly denying Mutambara in a surprise rebuttal of Mutambara’s rebel MDC-M faction.
Mutambara has to date twice attempted appeal with Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, pleading that his party was entitled to the money proportionately shared between the parties according to the number of MPs they have in Parliament.
“I have written letters to the minister twice and he has not responded. He has probably decided that we are not a party but at least he should have responded to our letters,” the party’s secretary general Maxwell Zimuto was quoted by The Herald.
“Our argument is based on the premise that we have some MPs who have expressed allegiance to us in writing.
“No one can just dismiss us because we are a legitimate party entitled to anything that the MDC-M must get as a party that signed the Global Political Agreement.”
The development sees the latest moves by President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party leaving Mutambara in the cold for the first time after more than a year of fighting and Mr Chinamasa replied Mutambara telling him that it was impossible to disburse funds to his rebel party. The High Court recently upheld Ncube’s election although Mutambara has to date appealed the decision at the Supreme Court.
“The (Political Parties Finance) Act provides that I should deal with secretaries-general or secretary for administration (with respect to Zanu PF),” Chinamasa said.
“We have therefore disbursed money to Welshman Ncube in the same account that we have deposited. Until there is a court order to the contrary, we will continue disbursing the funds in that manner.”
Ncube currently industry and commerce minister in the coalition government, replaced Mutambara as MDC leader at a party congress in 2010, prompting a legal challenge by the deputy premier.
Meanwhile when approached for a comment by ZimEye, Prof Arthur Mutambara shouted on our reporter vocalising unprintable words and then later only said people should approach his party’s information department for inquiries.
Mutambara launchedhis party after he last year refused to recognise Welshman Ncube as leader despite a legitimate internal election which he both participated and agreed to and refusing to abdicate from the position of Deputy Prime Minister he stated:
“I have no intention whatsoever to leave the position of the DPM. I will not abdicate from my national responsibilities in order to satisfy narrow party-political aspirations…” (ZIMBABWE, ZimEye)
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Disaster in roboticking his way to the top of Zimbabwe politics. It looks like its back to the drawing board for poor mutt.
Mutambara is an embarassment. He has not held one single rally or public meeting since he lost the party presidency, and he thinks the voters still remember how he looks??
Why not go back to the Robotics profession – politics is simply not for him!
Don’t worry Ago, these guys are just politicking check with your bank on Tuesday next week.
Mtamabara will get his share from Zanu PF where he is employed.
there is no party like mdc-m. how many mps in parliament does the robots prof have. i guess he is the only one by default. the political parties funding act is very clear, if you have five mps and above, you get funding. if you have less, you get funding from somewhre. akangopiwqa chete, tinomutambira kongonya. since when do has the gvt started funding an individual without even structures on the ground.
i didnt know even the educated are not wise enough.
Gaydog or Gaygodzva, the reason why Mutambara cannot go outside where he is in demand is because he is not a sellout, he is patriotic and puts his country ahead of personal interests. He is therefore here to serve, is serving and will continue to serve even after elections, the Zanu Pf government will find a place for him, maybe with Biti ( of cause both as deputy ministers.)
Cde Red Bratifuru, if Mutambara is in demand worldwide, then let him go! It would be a blessing in disguise for him and for the country, he is just a useless white elephant, doing nothing and representing noone. Tsvangirai on the other hand, might not be in demand worldwide but he is in demand in Zimbabwe, where it all matters! He is the only man who sends shivers of fear down the spine of Robert Gay Mugay and is the only one capable of bringing him down with a loud thud!
Legal qualifications are more useful in politics than robots Mr Red dog. Mutambara’s qualifications failed to remove the bush from him. He is an uneducated idiot.
1st Mr Ed ur headline is misleading,it sounds Heraldish,mayb u did a direct translation frm shona kuti ‘vakarambirwa’. The robotics prof is nothing more than a demagogue n a sensensionalist,he apeals to emotions n nt reason,to say that he has leadership qualities becoz he is a specialist in robots(traffic lights) is naive n myopic. He msnt get d funds,w dnt want vote sharing,w hv 1 comon enemy dat we shld defeat n ey r succesfuly usin d divide n rule tactic,oh by the way another very well educated demagogue
That humpty douche deserves everything bad coming his way. Rocket scientists yamanga. To hail with prostitute Arthur Mutambara, no one likes you… now get to your thick skull.
its like Tsvangirai, how can you honestly compare Tsvangirai with Prof Mutambara who is on demand worldwide?
No, these journalists are lying this is not what the politburo agreed. You journalists are you not getting funding to write these article? I am going to call Cde Chinamasa right away. Mutambara is the man for the job. what has Welshman Ncube achieved all these years – look at Mutambara’s powerful education, can Welshman beat that?
We need educated people like Prof Mutambara to steer growth in industry and the best can only come from the tried and tested
Kikikikikikikiki poor Mutambara tata ama chance Ncube yena tata zonke
To resign with grace is better than to dig in with disgrace. One would expect the highly educated to be ethical and moral. Unfortunately this seem not to apply to mutt.