“I appeal to all of you to take heed of the wise counsel of President Robert Mugabe on the need to be tolerant, open-minded and live in peace with each other despite our different political persuasions,” she urged the nation while burying the late Central Intelligence Organisation Deputy Director in charge of internal affairs, Elias Kanengoni.
Ironically, Kanengoni was convicted of a politically motivated attempted murder act when he shot politician-cum-businessman, Patrick Kombayi, in the run-up to the 1990 election.
The Gweru businessman sustained serious injuries and had to seek treatment in London after being shot by Kanengoni, then a CIO officer, and Kizito Chivamba, who was a Zanu (PF) MP for Chiundura. Kombayi was challenging Vice President Simon Muzenda for the Gweru urban seat at the time.
Chivamba and Kanengoni were sentenced to seven years in jail after being convicted of attempted murder only to be pardoned by President Robert Mugabe. Kanengoni’s daughter, Elizaberth, worshipped Zanu (PF) for declaring her father a national hero.
“We would like to thank President Robert Mugabe, the politburo and the provincial executive of Zanu (PF) for awarding my father the highest honour of being a national hero .We knew he deserved it, and you also know that he was a true national Hero,” she said at the burial.
MDC boycotted Kanengoni’s burial and said he was an assassin.
“We do not recognize him as a hero. What he did to the people of Zimbabwe is unforgivable and unforgettable. He is one o f the people who pumped seven bullets into Patrick Kombayi, a defenceless civilian during elections. So he was actually a promoter and active participant in election violence, and the MDC cannot honour such people. We want heroes who in their life time were respecting people of Zimbabwe. The national Heroes Acre is not a place for assassins and murderers; it is a place for patriots,” the party’s spokesperson, Douglas Mwonzora, said.
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Shame on Joyce Mujuru. How can a woman who has experienced severe pain associated with child delivery glorify a common murderer like Kanengoni in public? Mujuru can not be a national leader like her colleagues in the party of murderers, Zanu (PF). Get out of our sight Mujuru.
Useless woman. Thats why Solomon Mujuru was annihilated without you raisng a finger …Watasva bere woramba wakatasva otherwise wodyiwa iwe. Zanu Pf i bere.