President Robert Mugabe has sent a message of condolence to the Chindori-Chininga family following the death of Guruve South legislator and former Cabinet minister Edward Chindori-Chininga.
Chindori Chininga died in a suspicious car accident when a Jeep Cherokee he was driving allegedly failed to stop at a T-junction on the Raffingora-Mvurwi Road and rammed into a tree.
“Mugabe, the Politburo, the Central Committee and the Zanu-PF Party as a whole wish to convey their deepest condolences to the Chindori-Chininga family and indeed to the whole nation at the untimely passing on of Cde Edward Chindori-Chininga.
“He had been a member of the party for a very long time,” Zanu-PF secretary for Information and Publicity Rugare Gumbo said. He said the party acknowledges the immense contribution he made within the party, the country and that his good deeds would always be with people’s hearts.
Vice-President Joice Mujuru, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, several Cabinet Ministers and other senior party and Government officials visited Mrs Linda Chininga and conveyed their condolences on Thursday.
Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Dickson Mafios also visited the Chininga homestead.
They briefed the widow on the position taken by the Mashonaland Central provincial committee to write to the Politburo to recommend Chindori-Chininga for national hero status. Chindori Chininga is survived by his wife and three children.
Pictures of Chindori Chininga’s silver Jeep Cherokee have failed to convince many skeptical Zimbabweans. One Nehanda Radio reader asked the question “If the car veered off the road and hit a tree where is the airbag? and why is the windscreen intact?”
Other readers are asking the question “If the windscreen is perfect as we can see then what killed him?”
Facebook activist Baba Jukwa, had previously warned that Chininga had been marked for assassination by Mugabe’s regime with suspicion in Zanu PF that he was in fact Baba Jukwa and leaking sensitive Zanu PF secrets.
Writing on Facebook a few hours after the accident Baba Jukwa blamed what he called the Zanu PF “Mashonaland Central mafia.”
“Chindori Chininga openly told them that he will join the Vapanduki (rebellion) crew if they continued with their attempt to nail him down and l wonder why he didn’t listen when l was all along warning him of the impending danger.”
Baba Jukwa went on to issue another warning to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono saying “I wonder still as well why Gideon Gono is not heeding my warning. Funeral wake is going to visit his family very soon if he doesn’t take drastic measures to save his precious life.”
“They want your head in the platter. Saviour Kasukuwere, Nicholas Goche, Sydney Sekeramayi, Dick Mafios and the evil crew are responsible for Hon Chindori Chininga’s death and are also responsible for an attempt on the life of Mashonaland Central Governor Martin Dinha,” Baba Jukwa alleged.
This is not the first accident involving Chininga.
Only last year one person died while seven others, including Chindori-Chininga were injured when their vehicles collided in Concession. That accident occurred near the 5km peg along Mazowe-Centenary Road involving Chininga’s Mercedes Benz and a Nissan pick up truck.
Two years ago ZANU PF expelled Chininga from the constitution making committee (COPAC) on allegations that he leaked secret documents to the MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
The MP took to facebook and launched an astonishing attack on Didymus Mutasa, the party’s Secretary for Administration.
Only last week a parliamentary portfolio committee chaired by Chininga exposed serious discrepancies between what government receives from the diamond mining sector and remittances claims by producers.
“In January 2010 Mbada Diamonds attempted to auction its diamonds, in violation of both national and international law. The aborted diamond auction sale opened a Pandora’s box, revealing several irregularities and loopholes in the entire diamond value chain,” the committee said.
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