Late House of Assembly candidate Rwodzi to be buri...

Late House of Assembly candidate Rwodzi to be buried Sunday

The accident is mysterious - says late aspiring MP's brother; exiled Mzembi claims politics at play - NewZimbabwe.com — **The late Christopher Mutonhori Rwodzi**

The late husband to Environment, Climate Change, Tourism and Hospitality Industry deputy Minister Barbra Rwodzi, Christopher Mutonhori Rwodzi, 53, who died in a car accident Thursday night, will be buried on Sunday at the family's rural homestead at Aarons' Village in Mvuma.

His older brother Aaron Chenjerai Rwodzi confirmed the arrangement, saying mourners are gathered at the homestead.

Rwodzi died after his vehicle, a Toyota Prado Landcruiser VX, plunged 18 metres into a dry riverbed on the 10km peg at Honey spot along the Harare Highway.

"My brother will be buried at Aaron's Village, formerly known as Mushaike Stores in Farefields on Sunday around midday. We are still puzzled by the accident because he drove on that road at least four times a week. He was driving a Toyota Landcruiser along a rehabilitated road. I went to the accident scene last night but could not make sense of it.

"We have lost the family's vanguard. The accident is unspeakable. We got the news when a police officer answered his phone and told us that an accident had occurred. The vehicle fell on its roof and he was trapped inside," said Aaron.

Rwodzi, a retired senior soldier, was contesting against Zanu-PF's youth league deputy chairperson and incumbent legislature, John Paradza after he was disqualified before the party's primary election.

He had an altercation with party provincial chairperson Rabson Mavhenyengwa and secretary for commissariat Brian Munyoro on Wednesday last week at the nomination court after they ordered him to remove a sticker branded Independent 4ED on his vehicle.

Rwodzi was attested into the Zimbabwe National Army in 1988 and retired in 1993. He held several posts in the army and retired as a colonel.

He joined the family's business as a director and went to the United Kingdom where he did consultancy work. He returned to Zimbabwe and founded Mugandani Foods, which produces Silver Star products.

Rwodzi established a security consultancy firm, which he was the director of at the time of his death. He was Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) director in Zimbabwe.