ZANU PF’s Bikita East legislator and central committee
member, Kennedy Matimba collapsed and died at a private hospital in Masvingo on
Tuesday night after complaining of malaria.
Party provincial chair, Ezra Chadzamira, yesterday
confirmed Makurira’s death saying they had written to the politburo to have him
declared a provincial war hero.
“It is with a deep sense of loss that I confirm the bad
news of the passing on of a colleague, a brother, a friend and fellow
legislator and party member,” Chadzamira said.
“He died at Makurira Memorial Hospital after suffering from
malaria. We have since written to the Politburo to have him conferred with a
provincial war hero status because of his contribution to the development of
Zimbabwe in the pre and post-independence era.”
He said during the war of liberation, Matimba was a war
collaborator.
“After independence, he worked hard for the development of
the country and became a central committee member while in the youth league,
and then became a legislator and was again in the party’s central committee,”
Chadzamira said.
He said burial arrangements will only be announced after
the politburo’s ruling on his hero status.
Matimba, a prominent businessman in Bikita, once served as
Zanu PF politburo member. Newsday
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