Full statement:
Thursday, 07 April 2016
President Tsvangirai appoints Shadow Cabinet
President Morgan Tsvangirai today announced his shadow Cabinet that he said will work hard in crafting and articulating alternative policies and programmes for the country.
He announced his shadow cabinet before the party’s national executive committee that met in Harare today to discuss the national crisis, adding that he had no doubt about the capacity of the men and women he had appointed.
President Tsvangirai stressed to the executive that the shadow Cabinet will not be a shadow of the ZANU PF Cabinet in the strictest sense because the current government had failed and there was nothing either to monitor or to shadow. Moreover, he said the current Cabinet was structured taking into cognizance the need to balance the ZANU PF factions and not necessarily to transform the lives of people.
He said the MDC would not follow a template tainted by patronage, tired nationalism and factionalism. He bemoaned the apparent policy discord currently in government and said the MDC team will be robust in taking government to account and in policy articulation.
Apart from the shadow Cabinet, President Tsvangirai also appointed a team of portfolio secretaries that will shadow key Commissions, regulatory and statutory bodies.
The Shadow Cabinet
Finance Hon. Dr. Tapiwa Mashakada
Energy Development and Procurement Eng. Elias Mudzuri
Transport and Infrastructure Hon. Morgen Komichi
Policy Hon. Nelson Chamisa
Tourism, Parks and National Resources Hon. Sithembile Mlotshwa
Information Communication Technologies Mr. Khalipani Phugeni
Local Government and Public Works Mr. Jameson Timba
Mines and Small scale Mining Hon. Gabuzza Joel Gubuzza
Urban Development and Re-Enginering Hon. Eddie Cross
Foreign Affairs Hon. Theresa Maonei Makone
Health Dr Henry Madzorera
Public Service, Labour and Social Security Hon. Purina Mpariwa
Defence Hon. Gift Chimanikire
Home Affairs Rtd. Major Giles Mutsekwa
Women’s Affairs Hon. Fanny Chirisa
Legal Affairs Mr. Douglas Togarasei Mwonzora
Commerce, Industry, Trade, Small and Medium Enterprises Mr. T. Mureyi
Education, Tertiary and Vocationl Training Prof. Heneri Dzinotyiwei
Agriculture, Infrastructure and Food Security Mr. Valentine Ziswa
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