DRAMATIC SHOOT OUT- CAR ROBBERS FLEE AT MAHOKA’s FARM
By Snodia Mawupeni| HURUNGWE- Outspoken former Zanu PF Secretary of Finance and Hurungwe East Member of Parliament Sarah Mahoka recovered her car following a gun battle with car-jackers.

The suspects fled from the scene after the foiled attempt of stealing Mahoka’s car at the farm last Sunday night.

Mahoka’s Munandi farm, as ZimEye reveals,  is situated about 10 kilometres east of Karoi town and she obtained it during the height of chaotic and violent land reform in 2006.

Mahoka only told ZimEye, “God is great and we have recovered our car,” without saying much. Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson Inspector Clemency Mabweazara said he was still yet to get information of the case.

“I am aware of the incident and cannot comment on that I am sorry,” said Mabwezara in a
telephone interview.

ZimEye sources reveal that the suspects managed to enter Mahoka’s farm garage un-noticed on Sunday night. They then took away and drove out one of her parliamentary cars- a Fortune type.

However, an alert armed guard made a dramatic chase and managed to shoot out the front
tyre just as the suspects sped off. The suspects were left with no option but to flee from the scene as they could not drive the car any further.

Another source told ZimEye.com, ‘No-one does knows how suspects managed to sneak into the farm yard and later into the garage to get into the car. We do not know how they also managed to kick start the car that had no keys in it.’

Another source added that Mahoka who has been sponsoring a soccer team could have
invited thieves indirectly.

‘There is a local soccer team and several people come here and it could have been the new
angle of suspects to undermine security loophole at the farm. The suspects are well versed
with this farm,’ added a worker who declined to be named.

Another source added that the alert armed guard pulled out the gun after realising that the
suspects were unknown to them.

Mahoka who has been linked to Grace Mugabe and her G40 faction, challenged President
Emerson Mngagwagwa during last year’s Zanu PF infighting to spell his political ambitions to succeed Robert Mugabe before military intervention in November last year.

Though she was close to Grace, she was politically sacrificed as Grace later tried to amend her waning relations with Mngagwagwa and thrown under the bus when she was accused of
abusing party funds and collecting money using Grace’s name.

The allegations were never proved.

Soon after Mnangagwa took over presidency with assistance of the military, Mahoka was
among several Zanu PF MPs who were fired from the party and recalled from parliament.
She has never made any public appearances since but remained confided to her farm where she is now in full time farming.