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Villagers at Mawabeni irrigation scheme :File photo :02/02/2012
  
The government of Zimbabwe has emarked on an imput distribution scheme,which includes fertilisers and seeds to subsistent farmers, a move to improve harvest.Political analysis has snubbed this program as an endeavor to ganner extensive votes for the 2012 pending elections early this year.


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  1. the government should be separated from the party,it is my assumption that state funds are being diverted to the zanupf party.the fertilisers ment to sustain the farmers around the country are now being used for campaigning.

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  2. problem about those who have means of production they manipulate the subjects so that the reach will remain rich and the poor like wise. in support to political arena gvnmnt and political parties are 2 different entities operating at parallel angles.

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