‘Traditional chiefs not part of food aid distribution’

CHIEFS Council president, Fortune Charumbira has claimed traditional leaders were being left out of the country’s food aid distribution processes, which the opposition says were biased towards Zanu PF supporters.

Zanu PF opponents insist that traditional leaders were part of the ruling party’s patronage system, which often extended to the distribution of food aid, seed and other government handouts under the Social Welfare ministry.

Government and non-governmental organisations (NGO)-sourced food aid, the opposition says, is often hijacked and parcelled out to Zanu PF card-holders, leaving perceived opposition followers to starve.

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