CommuTalk Reporter
GWERU – Chiefs Ngungumbane of Mberengwa and Chireya of Gokwe have been given an endorsement by the Midlands Chiefs Assembly to represent them in the Senate.
The two chiefs garnered 17 and nine votes respectively during elections conducted by the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC).
Chief Ngungumbane and Chief Chireya beat Chief Gwesela and Chief Ntabeni who polled four and one vote each after they had also been nominated.
Speaking after the election, Chief Ngungumbane said they will primarily represent their views in the senate and hold the government to account.
The paramount chief said the dissolution of the ninth parliament of Zimbabwe on the eve of the August 23 Harmonised Elections means all the legislative processes that were outlaid elapsed and the 10th parliament will then need to convene and put in place laws for passing.
He said there is the outstanding Traditional Leaders Amendment Bill, which was not aligned with the constitution during the last parliament and needs to be revisited.
Speaking on their election, Chief Ngungumbane said they received the endorsement with humility.
“The process was done in a peaceful, free, fair, and transparent environment. I am humbled, joyed, and moved by the support and confidence that the chiefs have shown in me,” he said.
Chief Ngungumbane prayed for calmness and unity as the country concludes the election process.
“We could have divergent views in terms of who we want, but we are brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of the soil that are bound by the principle of Ubuntu.
“We pray that people do not preach falsehoods that will give people false hope and appeal to the powers that be to carry out their mandate as prescribed by the law,” he added.
