The family of the late Retired General Solomon Mujuru is so unhappy with the manner in which investigations into his death have been handled that they now want his remains to be removed from the National Heroes’ Acre and reburied at their rural home in Njanja, Chivhu, in Mashonaland East.
The elder brother of the late former Zanla commander, Joel Tazviwinga Mujuru (69), last week said the family was unhappy because they felt their departed relative was not being accorded the respect he duly deserved.
The elder Mujuru said he was disappointed that Cabinet ministers, security service chiefs and government officials who used to “hobnob” with the late general were not co-operating with the family to establish what exactly happened to the former army commander.
“No one is coming to tell me problems surrounding Solomon’s death,” he said.
“It’s only you (NewsDay). There are ministers, security chiefs, but no one is coming to get our feelings.”
He said by doing so they (ministers) were disrespecting his late brother and wanted the first black army commander to be “undignified” in death.
He declared: “That will never, never, never happen as long as I am alive.”
Mujuru died in an unexplained inferno at his Beatrice farm in August and his remains were interred at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare.
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“I am thinking of taking Solomon and burying him at our rural home,” said the elder brother.
He questioned why the probe into his brother’s death was being done “privately” and without the involvement of the family.
“Why are they not telling us? It’s being done privately. When he died everyone saw it, but why are they doing it privately to the extent that even me, the brother, does not know what is happening?” he queried.
He said almost all the individuals who appeared to be close to his brother were no longer in the picture.
The elder Mujuru said he was particularly hurt because even close relatives such as State Security minister Sydney Sekeramayi were also not co-operating with him.
“Sekeramayi is a nephew in our family, but he has not been coming here,” he said.
Strenuous efforts to contact Sekeramayi were fruitless as he did not take calls to his mobile phone.
The elder Mujuru added he had even called chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena and national police spokesperson Superintendent Andrew Phiri, but did not get any joy from them.
