His wife took out yet another damning advertorial in the State
newspapers recently insisting her husband was murdered. The army's
attempt to evict her from her husband's home in Bulawayo
has enraged her even more.
The ZNA public relations department has once again refuted her claims of
foul play in the alleged assassination of Gunda.
Gunda's wife, who placed condolence messages in newspapers last month,
questioning the circumstances of her husband's death, has
rejected the official version.
Her advertorial quoted the Bible and said her husband's killers would
face the wrath of God.
Gunda, a former commander of 1 Brigade, died on June 20, 2007 after
his car reportedly collided with a goods train at Watershed School,
outside Marondera.
He was declared a national hero and buried at Heroes’ Acre. At the
time of his death, Gunda was linked to an alleged coup plot to
overthrow President Robert Mugabe.
Two more generals linked to that plot, Brigadier-General Fakazi Muleya
and Retired Major-General Gideon Lifa, also died under mysterious
circumstances.
In the adverts, Gunda questioned how her husband ended up in Marondera on the fateful day when
she had been advised by her husband that he was going to Bulawayo.
“The last call came from someone who said that you were wanted in
Harare," the memorial said. "Your phone was not reachable the whole
night. Where did you sleep that night? Who knew you were going to pick
(up) your son from Watershed the following morning? Where did you
report when you arrived in Harare that afternoon? Whom did you tell
about your movements?”
“Who drove you to Watershed? Why was your cellphone ringing in a
suitcase? Your clothes which you were wearing the day you left
Bulawayo were full of blood from your head but were in your suitcase
at the back of your bakkie.”
The army claims that its board of inquiry ruled out foul play.
"Under the prevailing circumstances of unwarranted accusations of
unspecified authorities by Mrs Gunda, the army wishes to advise her
and any other interested party in this tragic loss that the results of
a board of inquiry, which was convened to investigate the accident are
out. The proceedings are readily available to any interested party,
including the late Brig Gen's family."
But efforts to get hold of a copy have been futile so far.
Speculation of foul play is rampant in Zimbabwe because of the many
suspicious "accidents" that have killed dozens of Zimbabwean
politicians since the country's independence in 1980.
Just last weekend, Zimbabwe laid to rest its most decorated army
office, Solomon Mujuru, who died in a mysterious fire that even Mugabe has described as "inexplicable."
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