By Own Correspondent| The development that saw fears being raised over the health of former police boss, Gen. Augustine Chihuri last week Friday have been dismissed.

The riveting rumours came after a well known close source claimed Chihuri died last week.

The trouble with dying in rural Malawi is that you can be buried without a death certificate: people are culturally buried on the very day of passing on and once you are gone you are gone, an analyst told ZimEye.com.

Relatives have spoken albeit under strict anonymity, bringing their contributions to what is really going on. Their statements, drifting from the Friday core claim, have however brought to light that there could be underhand motives in The Rumour which circulated last week.

One female kin yesterday unequivocally told ZimEye.com of the purported death, ” that is a whole load of nonsense, nothing like that happened.”

Another source who is in senior government ranks also said the man is alive. This flood of talk came at a time when the various family members continued causing confusion on the alleged plight of the former police boss.

To somewhat add fire to the twisting tail, another relative 2 days ago provided a totally contradicting testimonial as she said that the man died on Tuesday.

Last week the original source who would not be named as they claimed “sensitive disclosure,” took social networks by storm claiming that the man has passed on.

Chihuri has been unwell in the last 18 months.

The man briefly disappeared mid November last year at the time of the coup and then resurfaced around the time of Robert Mugabe’s resignation.

He later on disappeared when Parliament began investigative hearings on his alleged role in the 15 billion diamond scam.

The parliamentary committee’s chairman Temba Mliswa was told Chihuri last week was hospitalised and was struggling with his health in Malawi.

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