Rawire has been linked to Simba Makoni’s presidential campaign. He is now on his way out, CIO sources said on Thursday.
Rawire’s fate was worsened because he hails from Makoni District, the rural home of the former finance minister, and is believed to be his kinsman.
Rawire will become the second high flying agent to be a victim of a witch-hunt ordered by President Robert Mugabe to sniff out those secretly supporting Makoni’s presidential bid.
Sources within the CIO say Rawire’s problems started at Mugabe’s campaign rally held at Bezerly Bridge last week.
A senior CIO operative, identified as Jessica Chidza, reportedly told Mugabe that he was “informing members of the spy agency that Makoni’s campaign was part of a Zanu (PF) project to divide the opposition in the urban areas”.
Mugabe is said to have reacted furiously, telling Chidza that Makoni had rebelled against him and should therefore be treated as an enemy.
No comment could be obtained from the CIO, which does not disclose its affairs to the media as a matter of policy. A hostile Intelligence Minister Didymus Mutasa does not entertain media enquiries regarding the operations of the secret service.
“The CIO is not run through the media. Why do you think I can talk to you about the country’s intelligence matters,” Mutasa said, in response to enquiries from CAJ News for Africa”.
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