Source: I’m yet to be recalled, says Manyenyeni – DailyNews Live
Helen Kadirire 17 February 2018
HARARE – Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has said he is yet to receive
communication from his party MDC that he has been recalled.
Manyenyeni told the Daily News that he will accept his fate if the party
has resolved to recall him from his position.
A career business relationship executive in financial services business
for over 25 years, the mayor said he had learnt of the recall via social
media but had not received any formal communication from the party.
On Tuesday, Harare MDC provincial chairperson Eric Murai said they had
resolved to recall Manyenyeni for failing to follow party instructions.
“I am out of town on a hunting course in the Save Conservancy. My network
signal is very erratic. I have received circulating social media messages
indicating that the party has recalled me from the position of mayor of
Harare.
“I do not have anything official as yet. If this is indeed true, it is a
decision that I would accept with loyalty and submission.
“Both the party and the city are currently on very difficult terrain. It
would be irresponsible of me to escalate both scenarios by challenging or
appealing my recall,” Manyenyeni said in a letter to Murai.
He said it was an honour for him to have served Harare at its weakest,
before thanking the party leadership and its members for the assignment at
Town House.
This comes after he had already indicated he is not going to run for
public office again when his term expires, vowing he will continue trying
to make a difference on the issues he cares about.
He said he turned down an offer by his party to run either for a National
Assembly seat in Mbare, Southerton or Mt Pleasant.
He said he was financially crippled by his current position and would want
to redirect his energies towards working for his family.
“As an active politician, it’s over. I am done with public office,”
Manyenyeni said in a recent interview with the Daily News.
Adding; he lost his $10 000 a month job at a top insurance firm to earn
just a $1 200 monthly allowance as mayor.
He said it was time to re-join the private sector.
Councillor Herbert Gomba said the relationship between Manyenyeni and some
city fathers had broken down irretrievably due to years of harsh verbal
exchanges.
MDC Glen View legislator Fani Munengami told concerned residents that
Manyenyeni had not been recalled.
“In fact as a party we decided not even to issue a statement to this side
show, nothing has changed at Town House,” he said.
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