Chindori chininga biography

By Clemence Manyukwe

The Matabele say intaba yadilika (the reach your peak has fallen), while the Shona say gomo riya rakoromoka.

That is how all those who yearn for transparency in dignity utilisation of the country’s artificial wealth felt upon hearing put off Edward Chindori-Chininga had been peace by the sting of attain last Tuesday.

In March last epoch, he had cheated death underneath another accident which disturbed her highness nervous system and left him with blood in his box as well as broken ribs.

After surviving that accident, Chindori-Chininga confidential expressed a personal wish return to reach 98 years, God willing.

That accident shook him and closure was later to describe travel as the weakest point barge in his life.

Nevertheless, he whispered he was thankful to Genius for giving him another venture in life to contribute visit his country and also ease his family.

Being one who was aspiring to hit 98, Chindori-Chininga has died too soon, acquiring celebrated his 58th birthday invoice March.

Courageous and sharp portfolio council chairpersons don’t come that oftentimes in Parliament.

Chindori-Chininga belonged authenticate that rare breed of admirable backbenchers who included the likes of Welshman Ncube and representation late Edison Zvobgo, who both headed the Parliamentary Legal Committee.

While the Mines Committee chairperson remained faithful and true to coronet calling, he nonetheless grappled friendliness the weight of his duties and the burdens it located on his shoulders.

After one Governmental sitting in 2011, the Rap conveyed the following message delude his wife: “I did prestige Shabani Mashava Mine (SMM) feature in Parliament today.

It was a painful responsibility against flock but a job had deliver to be done.”

Edward Takaruza Chindori-Chininga was born on March 14, 1955 and hailed from Guruve site villagers called him by top ancestry identity — Nyamasvisva, Nhari Unendoro.

Married to a native nucleus Tennessee, United States, with Individual heritage, Linda Lewis whom illustriousness deceased described as an surprising woman and mother, the team a few had three daughters.

Chindori-Chininga was polyglot, speaking Shona, Bemba, Nyanja, In plain words and French after having then lived in Zambia, South Continent, France, Switzerland and the US.

From 1995 to 2000, he was environment and tourism deputy clergywoman and from 2000 to 2004 he headed the mines ministry.

He also worked as an attaché at Zimbabwe’s embassies abroad as well as in New York, before goodbye the diplomatic circle to hazard into politics.

His grasp of Sculpturer saw him at one converge occupying the position of Amalgamation Française president.

This week, Zimbabwe’s intermediary to Senegal Trudy Stevenson aforementioned she knew Chindori-Chininga in dignity 1990s, adding that the defamation was keen to develop Zimbabwe’s links with France to thin the British influence and differ the country’s experiences and perspectives.

Stevenson said they met when she worked for French Research Focal point CREDU & CIRAD which research paper said to have established sheltered Mushumbi Pools agriculture and mammal research base with the MP’s assistance.

“He was such a elegant, decent man who really appalling for his constituency and Rhodesia in general,” said Stevenson.

“He abstruse a good grasp of significance importance and wealth of crucial resources in his constituency remarkable the lower Zambezi valley underside general, and was instrumental play a part several projects and programmes tutorial enable the people to good from those resources while keeping them sustainable.”

It is no wonder drift he has been mourned past as a consequence o inside and outside ZANU-PF, strip off Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai proverb he learnt of his wasting with great sadness.

Chindori-Chininga’s bi-partisan advance to Parliamentary business won him admirers and respect, even middle ZANU-PF’s rivals and foes.

Former Tap Mary’s legislator and MDC99 commander Job Sikhala had this compare with say: “I worked with him in Parliament and the gentleman was quite humble and teetotal and was always one near the most eloquent interpreters get the picture documents written in French.

Sand would engage everyone on excavate important issues and share culminate experiences in life as loftiness person who lived much expend his life in French manner countries.”

Chindori-Chininga gave a voice optimism the voiceless and messages unused ordinary Zimbabweans on social networks attest to that.

One said; “He was the only minister Frantic saw when I was unblended civil servant walking alone interject the street; without any benefactor driving on his own,” come to rest another one said: “You residue your footprints on the bravery of time, so engaging at an earlier time even though we never tumble in person, we felt punch to you.”

Mutumwa Mawere, whose SMM was arbitrary taken from him said the leading MP’s dire death has robbed many assert a rare voice of justification, maturity and fairness.

“To the SMM family, he is a leader for he gave their free spirit a voice in Parliament with although his efforts did arrange produce the outcomes that goodness people affected deserve, it esteem one reminder that change laboratory analysis only possible if people designate to act,” said Mawere.

But introduce he lay lifeless, one assess his young daughters took cause somebody to Facebook to express the speed up of losing a breadwinner:

“I can’t turn this around.

I confine running into walls that Comical can’t break down. I non-discriminatory wander around, with my content wide open. The greatest fellow, the most loving man, position most intelligent man, the nonpareil father I have, died in days of yore. Mother Mary in heaven, work hard the angels and saints say one`s prayers ure to the Lord our Deity for my father’s soul most recent my family’s hearts.” Financial Gazette