MADZIBABA LAWRENCE KATSIRU THE MAN WHOSE NAME KEEPS COMING UP AFTER WICKNELL CHIVHAYO'S DEATH?

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Katsiru nemukadzi wako makaonekwa kukariba muchiisa zvimbiya zvine pikicha yachivhayo mulake tichadzi fambira chaizvo mucharutsa chese chaWicknellMapostori arikuvava⁉️. Hezvo hama dzemunhu nemusangano vatora chimuti?WHO IS MADZIBABA LAWRENCE KATSIRU?

THE MAN WHOSE NAME KEEPS COMING UP AFTER WICKNELL CHIVHAYO'S DEATH?

Since the death of Wicknell Chivhayo, one name that keeps appearing alongside his story is Madzibaba Lawrence Katsiru.

But who exactly is this man?

Katsiru is a Zimbabwean religious leader and politician who became a prominent figure in the Johane Masowe eChishanu Apostolic Church in Marondera. 

He also became deeply involved in politics and was elected as the ZANU-PF Member of Parliament for Marondera Central, serving from 2015 to 2018.

His political influence went beyond Parliament. He was involved in the ZANU-PF Mashonaland East provincial structures and was reported to have considerable influence among his church followers.

THE R*PE CASE

In 2003, Katsiru was arrested and charged with r*ping a 13 year old girl who was a member of his church.

He was subsequently convicted by a regional court and sentenced to nine years' imprisonment, with two years suspended.

Katsiru appealed.

He spent more than two years in prison, but in 2007 the High Court of Zimbabwe quashed his conviction and acquitted him.

POLITICAL CONTROVERSY

Katsiru's political career also attracted controversy.

In 2018, while serving in the ZANU-PF Mashonaland East provincial structures, he faced a party disciplinary hearing over allegations that he had used the party's name to solicit money from private companies and had diverted the money for personal use.

The party disciplinary process found him guilty.

He was fined US$1,000 and suspended for two years from holding public office. 

The disciplinary charges also accused him of bringing ZANU-PF into disrepute through corrupt activities while serving as provincial secretary for administration.

AND THEN THERE WAS WICKNELL

Later, Katsiru became closely associated with Wicknell Chivhayo.

Chivhayo publicly regarded Katsiru as his spiritual father and showed him extraordinary generosity. 

He reportedly gifted him and his wife top of the range vehicles, buses, trucks and smaller vehicles to Katsiru's church and members. Katsiru was a prominent spiritual figure in Chivhayo's life and was publicly associated with him on numerous occasions.

Other church leaders are on record accusing Katsiru of not wanting any other leader to pray for Chivhayo except himself.

And now, following Chivhayo's death, Katsiru's name is once again attracting attention.

A video circulating shows Katsiru instructing mourners to stop playing jiti music during the funeral proceedings.

When you put the pieces together, you get a man whose life has crossed some very interesting and sometimes controversial parts of Zimbabwean public life:

Religion.

ZANU-PF politics.

Parliament.

Political factionalism.

A rape conviction that was later overturned on appeal.

More than two years in prison.

A subsequent acquittal.

An internal ZANU-PF disciplinary finding over alleged misuse of funds.

A very close spiritual relationship with one of Zimbabwe's most flamboyant "businessmen"

That is quite a history.

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