ED Wife in Flopped Prayer Event
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa had to cancel a prayer session in Chinhoyi due to a low turnout. ED's wife was set to give a keynote address at the event scheduled for Saturday but did not show up after being informed of the low attendance.
The flopped event had shadowy organizations such as Pastors4ED, Doctors, and Nurses for ED, Young Women 4ED, Men BelievED, and Zanu-PF affiliated bodies such as war veterans' associations, among others, lined up to give solidarity speeches.
A member of the organizing team excused the First Lady saying she had other commitments elsewhere and had dispatched an emissary to stand in for her. Disappointed by the news, Zanu-PF apparatchiks and genuine congregants alike snubbed the function set for 9 am at Chinhoyi Stadium.
“The provincial prayer event was a monumental flop. The First Lady didn't come as expected and it was hoped Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs Minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka, would come in her place, but she also didn't show up. We wasted our personal resources and precious time attending a non-event,” complained an elderly woman clad in a Dutch Reformed Church uniform who requested anonymity.
In former First Lady Grace Mugabe's “Meet The People Tours” at the end of Mugabe's reign, Auxilia planned the prayer sessions where she is expected to preach peace, love, and unity in each province. This is despite the fact that her husband, ED, and Zanu-PF are some of the perpetrators of political violence, particularly in areas where elections are being held.
