LATEST: Rtd Brig-Gen Muchemwa declared national hero

Source: LATEST: Rtd Brig-Gen Muchemwa declared national hero | The Herald June 17, 2016

Special Disability Advisor in the Office of the President and former Health Minister Retired Brigadier-General Dr Felix Muchemwa has been declared a national hero.

Brig-Gen Muchemwa succumbed to cancer in Egypt on Monday where he was receiving treatment and will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on Sunday.

He was 71.
Described by President Mugabe as a hardworking civil servant and scholar, Brig-Gen Muchemwa was born in Mhondoro on April 22, 1945.

He held the position of secretary for health in the provincial executive and was at one time a Member of Parliament for Mhondoro.

Mourners are gathered at 39 Gilmour Drive, Hogerty Hill in Borrowdale.

Meanwhile, the body of Rtd Brig Gen Dr Muchemwa has since arrived this afternoon.

Details to follow…..

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    Simba 8 years ago

    This isn’t news. Tell me how I can withdraw some money this morning. That will be news.