21 August 2020
By
Mandava Blessing
Provincial Spokesperson
We are sad to announce the death of The MDC Alliance Hurungwe Central Chairperson and Karoi Urban Ward 4 Councilor Cllr Lavender Chiwaya who was allegedly abducted by state agents and brutally murdered before being dumped a few metres from his home.
His suspected abduction and murder on the hands of suspected state agents who have been stalking him since last year also comes hot on the heels of yet another foiled abduction of Ward 6 Councilor Cllr Kudakwashe Chigumo who was also abducted by suspected state agents a few weeks ago but was later released after a Robust search party was converned.
It is alleged that his shirt was torn and he was bleeding profusely from the nose and ears signalling that he was heavily assaulted and dumped near his home.
Alderman Chiwaya(34) survived death by a whisker in the 2008 zanu of terror campaigns when he was abducted, tortured and kept in a small room at a zanu militia base in Karoi.He was later rescued by fearless and militant party cadres who destroyed the base.
The murder of one of the MDC Alliance’s pillars could be an indicator of what awaits the nation ahead as the President declared to *”flush out all bad apples”* and also since he also felt threatened by the existence of the *”true opposition politicians”* whom he declared as *”terrorists”* for demanding for constitutionalism and accountability from the thugs in Government.
Cllr Lavender Chiwaya was first elected as Councillor in 2008 and served his Ward diligently until his heartless and spine chilling murder.
Cllr Chiwaya is survived by his wife and 5 children .Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course.
A funeral vigil will be held at *house No 1771 Chikangwe Township.* His body will be taken to Harare for a postmortem tomorrow after the doctors in karoi failed to do so for *unspecified reasons*.
The murder of one of our own does not kill the Revolutionary spirit in us but strengthens our resolve to destroy autocracy and inflames our anger at the petition bourgeois threatening our sole existence.
As we mourn this *”big man”* affectionately known as *”Trump”* we shall not let his dream of a better Zimbabwe die.We shall continue to fight the dictator till Zimbabwe is free from all forms of bondage.Not even murder, incarceration or torture can stop an idea whose time has come.
They can kill all of us but they can never kill the Revolutionary spirit;in our Kore Kore dialect they say *”zvakanyohwa hazvinyohonohwe”*. According to the Scriptures it is written that *”everything has its own time”* and seasons come and go.Yes,this maybe *their season of flushing out bad apples* but they must not forget that *there shall come a season for them to account for their evil actions*.They should remember that *what goes around comes around.*
This is surely no time for us to call on Cllr Chiwaya’s spirit to rest in peace.My brother,may you *avenge your spine chilling death and may your murderers never find peace.*
Our deepest condolences goes to Mrs Chiwaya and the Chiwaya family, President CHAMISA and the MDC Alliance family in Mash West and across the nation and globe on the tragic loss of one of our illustrious sons.
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