Four other men emerge from the little car and make an oxbow formation as if I had any intentions to run away.
One would be pardoned for thinking that the gang was moving in on a wanted, dangerous armed criminal.
I was only a parent clearing grass and shrubs along a road used by kids on their way to school.
Almost at the same time, ZANU PF Councillor for Ward 35 Gutu and a former Gutu RDC CEO, Benson Kurauone Dandira’s white Nissan twin cab pulls to a halt from the opposite direction and parks in the middle of the road in front of the Honda Fit.
From it jumps a group of party hangers-on who looked like they were ready to pounce on someone and turn him into mincemeat.
There is a desperate show of invincibility as hapless villagers only armed with sickles and slashers that they were using to clear the road look on.
A green CIO Ford Ranger twin cab had earlier passed through the road in a ZANU PF convoy to a campaign rally in Gutu East.
The unregistered vehicle carried equipment for the rally including speakers.
The question that lingers is; is this the Central Intelligence that we need?
Is this the role of the Central Intelligence in a normal functional state?
Is this what the once revered, almost mystique Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has become; an embedded, rag-tag outfit that openly, brazenly and without a drop of shame moves around with ZANU PF leaders and hooligans, coercing, threatening and beating up innocent civilians?
A State intelligence whose operatives go around harassing people on behalf of friends, connections and politicians?
What does the State benefit from operatives who are characterised by communities as bullies and terror agents? 🔗 Read Full Article
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