Staff Reporter |Former Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Charles Utete has been declared a national hero. Utete who collapsed and died on Friday morning, at his home in Harare during breakfast will be buried at the national heroes acre on Tuesday.
In a condolences message sent from Rwanda where he is attending the African Union Heads of States meeting, President Robert Mugabe described Utete as a dedicated public servant. ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Ignatious Chombo, told the media on Sunday that the ZANU PF politburo had voted 100% to grant Utete the national hero status. Utete served as President Mugabe’s secretary from 1981 before retiring from civil service in 2003. After retiring he was appointed to chair a presidential advisory board on civil service a position he was holding at the time of his death.
Utete was born in Chivhu on October 30 1938 and is survived by his wife Verna and five children.
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