Cde Sikhosana Bambazonke
The losing ZANU PF parliamentary candidate for Epworth, Taurai Kandishaya, has once again resurfaced from political oblivion.
Despite being firmly rejected by the electorate, he continues to be mistakenly addressed as an “Honourable Member,” a title that now seems more honorary than earned.
In a desperate attempt to resuscitate his decomposing political career, Kandishaya has unveiled a baffling innovation called politics in a bus.
On paper, the idea sounds modern and engaging.
In practice, it is a high-sounding exercise in nothingness.
It is yet another recycled political gimmick desperately searching for relevance among citizens who have long mastered the art of political disappointment.
Launched with fanfare in Harare, the initiative has proven to be less of a public engagement tour and more of a fuel-burning expedition to nowhere.
The tour promised citizen participation.
Instead, it quickly derailed into a mobile cheerleading squad for President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Substance was nowhere to be found, but slogans were plentiful.
It became clear that the bus was not carrying ideas, only noise.
What appears to be participation is, in reality, careful selection.
ZANU PF-aligned passengers were conveniently picked to rubber-stamp the already tired Agenda 2030 narrative.
As the bus crawled along pothole-riddled roads, it carried with it the familiar stench of power consolidation disguised as consultation.
The ruling party, visibly anxious about its shrinking legitimacy, is once again trying to be present where it has no mandate.
Contrary to public pronouncements, this was never a listening tour.
It was a justification tour.
Its real destination was the extension of power, not dialogue.
Kandishaya’s Tagwirei-fuelled political journey has now taken a predictable turn.
He has attempted to sell Zimbabweans the idea of extending Ruka Chivhende’s term, presenting it as national progress.
The pitch collapsed on day one.
Nothing of value was discussed, except the repeated chanting of Mnangagwa’s name, as if it were a miracle cure rather than a recurring symptom of the nation’s political illness.
This is not a citizens’ tour.
It is a ZANU PF push dressed up as public outreach.
It is driven by corrupt, power-hungry elites using political proxies like Kandishaya to do the heavy lifting while they remain comfortably in the shadows.
At the end of it all, one truth remains unavoidable.
Zimbabweans are not interested in political conversations that move on buses while their own lives remain stuck at the terminus.
The circus was clearly designed to prepare the ground for another term extension.
The only thing it successfully extended was public fatigue.
