Chiwenga, Chihuri Set to Be Dismissed
6 December 2014
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THE future of some of the services chiefs hangs in the balance, as their contracts have not yet been extended by President Robert Mugabe, it has emerged.
Most of the service chiefs had their contracts unilaterally extended for a two-year period in 2012 by Mugabe during the tenure of the unity government.
Sources said contracts of Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Constantine Chiwenga, Zimbabwe National Army commander Lieutenant General Philip Valerio Sibanda, Air Marshal Perrance Shiri and the Commissioner-General of Prisons Retired Major General Paradzai Zimondi, as well as Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri were about to expire.
The sources said Chihuri and Central Intelligence Officer boss Happyton Bonyongwe’s contracts were unlikely to be extended largely due to the current factional fights in Zanu PF.
The extension was not without controversy when the then Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his deputy Arthur Mutambara demanded that they be involved in extending Chihuri’s contract, as his stay was dividing the coalition government.
Contacted for comment, police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba professed ignorance about the extension.
“I don’t know about the contract or its extension,” she said.
“This is a personal contract which is private. However, I will ask him and come back to you.
“What is your interest in Commissioner-General Chihuri’s contract, as if he is the only service chief?”
Sources said decorated army chief of staff Lieutenant-General Trust Mugoba was tipped to take over from Chihuri.
The extension of the contracts for service chiefs was said to be dependent on factionalism playing out within Zanu PF.
First Lady Grace Mugabe may have let the cat out of the bag when she castigated the police for not taking action on Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s alleged corruption at one of her countrywide rallies.
Reports say Chihuri’s contract has been extended 14 times since he was first appointed as police boss in 1994.
His first contract expired in 1997.
Contacted for comment, Presidential spokesperson George Charamba was not sure if the service chief’s contracts had been extended.
But he said there was nothing to worry about, as any extension would be done in line with the laws of the country.
“If it has not been gazetted then it has not been extended,” he said.
“As we speak I’m not sure . . . you should not get worried, everything is under control.” – SouthernEye

7 Replies to “Chiwenga, Chihuri Set to Be Dismissed”

  1. TSvangirai naMtamBara are novices kukurigwa neni kuziva kuti anokugadza ndiye anokurovesa paSI, WAIDA KUBVunzwa nezvachihuru pakudii hameno wakatonga kuti zvinovhiringidziwa sei

  2. You out of all people should know that Jesus himself said ‘The poor you will ALWAYS have with you.’ So no amount of giving will ever change that. The Word also says the good man leaves an inheritance for his children and his children’s children. So there is absolutely nothing wrong in leaving behind your wealth to family. Tell me messenger, which book do you derive your inspiration from? Clearly as long as your pronouncements are not in line with the Word you my friend are greatly deceived though your intentions may be noble. You call yourself messenger yet you ascribe and align yourself to the political systems and ideologies invented by man. My words will in all likelihood do nothing to change your convictions for such is the nature of fallen man. In any case God does not need defending but however you, like all of us will be held accountable someday for the words we have spoken…

  3. Messenger of God you can sing for your supper until the cows come home. But its not going to happen. We have true prophecy about Zim from true man of God we know what is God is about to do in our country. Stop blaspheming against God .

  4. The world needs many people like Amai Grace Mugabe, Jairos Jiri, Graca MACHEL, Samora MACHEL, Che Gueverra, Jose Mujica of Uruguay, Fidel Castrol, not sure about Mandela because when he died he had a lot of wealth and left most of it to his close ralatives instead of to all the poor in South Africa. May God Bless these people and many other Socialists and Marxist leaders around the world. These people are champions for the poor and real heroes in our eyes and in The Eyes Of God…AMEN Messenger Of God

  5. “Chiwenga, Chihuri Set to Be Dismissed”
    And yet Mugabe wants to continue till he drops dead

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