WHILe President Robert Mugabe has been preaching the gospel of peace and violence-free elections, the military has ratcheted up its pro-Zanu PF campaign by increasingly deploying in the country's villages to scale up the party's poll campaign under the guise of a recycled exercise codenamed "Operation Maguta".
The ad hoc Operation Maguta was previously introduced in 2007 purportedly as part of government efforts to boost agricultural production, but it flopped dismally, producing less than a quarter of projected output. The army's role in the programme has always raised eyebrows amid allegations of campaigning for Zanu PF.
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