Three years ago today 🏆

Muzukuru, I really didn’t want to respond to this because it's a distraction from the real issue of us debating the constitutional amendment. Nevertheless, I appreciate your input. Here are a few facts I need to clear: 1. I didn't meet Kuda through you, but through Junior Mnangagwa, who reached out to me on October 28th, 2024, after we got the UN Human Rights Council to come to Zimbabwe. 2. Junior introduced himself and said we'd done a great job with the UN Human Rights Council and the debate with the U.S. and EU ambassadors on Spaces. He asked what we intended to do with the UNHRC report, and I said we wanted to go to court. 3. Junior told me to go to any international court and they'd provide the money. A few weeks later Kuda reached out and flew me to Harare, where we discussed the case and he asked me to write a strategy to manage his image. He paid me to write his strategy and promised to pay the legal fees once he got the green light from the President. 4. In that meeting, he promised me and another well-known person we'd be working for him and would be millionaires within a year because he wanted to advance smart people. 5. That afternoon, Kuda took me and Joshua Maponga to meet the President, illustrating that the project he called me for was under the President's purview. 6. We struggled for two years to get all the promised legal fees, but Simba Chitando and the South African lawyers continued to work until sanctions were removed. The South African legal team then began threatened to expose the Zimbabwean government for not paying their fees, and Kuda released a portion, leaving few millions still outstanding. 7. When we had problems with our legal team and the money we owed, I went to Junior and the then DG of CIO, Isaac Moyo. Both told me that the President said Kuda was my handler, so he'd deal with the issues. 8. Kuda's the only man I dealt with on Zimbabwean issues and he is the only person I ever actively promoted. 9. I met Simon on Gold Mafia, which was tarnishing the country's image. Simon supported my fertilizer business and gave me a token of appreciation for my sanctions work because he said it has helped his business. 10. He advised me to avoid politics, so I can't understand why he's now involved in succession issues just because I don’t support an amendment to the constitution without referendum. 11. It’s clear that those people trying to associate me with Simon are trying to hide the fact that my only real handler has always been Kuda, and it’s obvious who the person paying them to do it is. I don’t want to fight, but these people are pushing me to fight by attacking me for merely refusing to blindly support the amendment. I should be allowed to air my views on the amendment without being attacked. But I am being attacked for refusing to toe the line. That is where the problem is. 12. I don’t want to get to a point where I release receipts on everything I am saying because I have all the receipts. Most of this people will read in my book on Sanctions which I can now release without awaiting clearance.

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Dear Lord, i am deeply grateful for Your presence with me and my family throughout 2025. The past year tested me in profound ways. I lost my father to cancer in March, USAID closed , and i had to lay off more than 20 staff. There were moments when the pressure was overwhelming, my blood pressure rose dangerously high (170/100mmHg)and i experienced firsthand how real depression can be. Like Okonkwo in "Things Fall Apart", who believed that having survived hunger and hardship nothing else could break him, these experiences stripped me down and hardened my resolve. Having endured that season, i know i have been shaped, not defeated. Yet, in those darkest moments, i was not alone. My wife @BettyMutesi stood by me, and friends such as Kagaba, Liban, @gateteviews , and Moses surrounded me with care and companionship during those difficult weeks. I am also thankful to three development partners who, in their own ways, helped me sustain momentum at @NARwanda after the USAID cuts. I do not take this grace for granted. As i step into 2026, place me in a position of stability, free from constant worry. Help me to borrow only what i can repay, to speak without having to beg policymakers to listen, and to move forward without needless struggle. Continue to enable me to give back to my community. Grant me the grace to forgive those i have helped and who have not repaid. And in my human imperfection, keep the Holy Spirit close to me, guiding my actions so that i may minimize wrongdoing and walk in righteousness. Help me Lord