Leader Maxwell Zeb Shumba | Founded 2015 (2015) | |
Zimbabwe First Party (ZimFirst) also known as Zimbabwe People First Party is a political party in Zimbabwe which was founded on 10 April 2015. The Party has attracted interest from observers of Zimbabwean politics. The party was founded by its current President Maxwell Zeb Shumba. The Party claims to have brought together a diverse array of Zimbabweans to create what the party calls a platform of new ideas and fresh legs. Maxwell Zeb Shumba the founding President of Zimbabwe First, once served as the Chief Political Strategist for the other opposition political party's leader Morgan Tsvangirai. According to the official statement posted on the party's website, ZimFirst 's main objective is to form the next government through the electoral process, National elections in Zimbabwe are slated for 2018 and the party states that it will contest the Presidential and Parliamentary election. According to the party's manifesto primary focus of its government would be to re build the economy from an alleged US$4 billion to a "near US$1,5 trillion robust economy".
The Party slogan is Nyika Vanhu, Vanhu Ndiyo Nyika (Shona language version), Abantu Ilizwe, Yilizwe Ngabantu (Ndebele language version). Its ideology is enshrined in the three key principles of Honesty, Accountability, and Unity.