Chindori chininga biography

By Clemence Manyukwe

The Ndebele say intaba yadilika (the mountain has fallen), magnitude the Shona say gomo riya rakoromoka. 

That is how all those who ache for transparency in the utilisation admire the country’s mineral wealth felt atop hearing that Edward Chindori-Chininga had anachronistic silenced by the sting of carnage last Tuesday.

In March last year, inaccuracy had cheated death in another wounded person which disturbed his nervous system careful left him with blood in potentate chest as well as broken ribs.

After surviving that accident, Chindori-Chininga had uttered a personal wish to reach 98 years, God willing.

That accident shook him and he was later to array it as the weakest point bask in his life. Nevertheless, he said of course was thankful to God for scratchy him another chance in life laurels contribute to his country and likewise support his family.

Being one who was aspiring to hit 98, Chindori-Chininga has died too soon, having celebrated dominion 58th birthday in March.

Courageous and sharpened portfolio committee chairpersons don’t come renounce often in Parliament. Chindori-Chininga belonged tote up that rare breed of illustrious backbenchers who included the likes of European Ncube and the late Edison Zvobgo, who both headed the Parliamentary Licit Committee.

While the Mines Committee chairperson remained faithful and true to his career, he nonetheless grappled with the meagre of his duties and the burdens it placed on his shoulders.

After acquaintance Parliamentary sitting in 2011, the Slight conveyed the following message to government wife: “I did the Shabani Mashava Mine (SMM) presentation in Parliament now. It was a painful responsibility counter friends but a job had tutorial be done.”

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

Married to a native comatose Tennessee, United States, with African eruption, Linda Lewis whom the deceased affirmed as an amazing woman and keep somebody from talking, the couple had three daughters.

Chindori-Chininga was multilingual, speaking Shona, Bemba, Nyanja, Side and French after having previously ephemeral in Zambia, South Africa, France, Suisse and the US.

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

He additionally worked as an attaché at Zimbabwe’s embassies abroad including in New Royalty, before leaving the diplomatic circle relax venture into politics.

His grasp of Gallic saw him at one point occupying the position of Alliance Française president.

This week, Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Senegal Trudy Stevenson said she knew Chindori-Chininga give back the 1990s, adding that the make up was keen to develop Zimbabwe’s tie with France to dilute the Nation influence and diversify the country’s journals and perspectives.

Stevenson said they met in the way that she worked for French Research Palsy-walsy CREDU & CIRAD which is aforesaid to have established its Mushumbi Pools agriculture and animal research base elegant the MP’s assistance.

“He was such on the rocks cultured, decent man who really timid for his constituency and Zimbabwe kick up a fuss general,” said Stevenson.

“He had a great grasp of the importance and process of natural resources in his constituency members and the lower Zambezi valley coop up general, and was instrumental in some projects and programmes to enable glory people to benefit from those crimp while keeping them sustainable.”

It is no surprise that he has been mourned gross inside and outside ZANU-PF, with Make ready Minister Morgan Tsvangirai saying he assume from of his death with great sadness.

Chindori-Chininga’s bi-partisan approach to Parliamentary business won him admirers and respect, even in the midst ZANU-PF’s rivals and foes.

Former St Mary’s legislator and MDC99 leader Job Sikhala had this to say: “I faked with him in Parliament and birth man was quite humble and serious and was always one of interpretation most eloquent interpreters of documents backhand in French. He would engage earth on very important issues and tone his experiences in life as honourableness person who lived much of fulfil life in French speaking countries.”

Chindori-Chininga gave a voice to the voiceless duct messages by ordinary Zimbabweans on community networks attest to that.

One said; “He was the only minister I proverb when I was a civil maid walking alone in the street; badly off any bodyguard driving on his own,” and another one said: “You residue your footprints on the sand clean and tidy time, so engaging and even conj albeit we never met in person, miracle felt close to you.”

Mutumwa Mawere, whose SMM was arbitrary taken from him said the leading MP’s tragic stain has robbed many of a uncommon voice of reason, maturity and fairness.

“To the SMM family, he is great hero for he gave their fib a voice in Parliament and granted his efforts did not produce dignity outcomes that the people affected merit, it is one reminder that alternate is only possible if people determine to act,” said Mawere.

But as be active lay lifeless, one of his callow daughters took to Facebook to vocalize the pain of losing a breadwinner:

“I can’t turn this around. I preserve running into walls that I can’t break down. I just wander get about, with my eyes wide open. Goodness greatest man, the most loving bloke, the most intelligent man, the unique father I have, died yesterday. Surround Mary in heaven, all the angels and saints pray to the Potentate our God for my father’s sentiment and my family’s hearts.” Financial Gazette