The late Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Brigadier-General Paul Armstrong Gunda’s widow, Rangarirai Tatenda Gunda, has vowed “not to keep quiet” over her husband’s mysterious death in a train collision, adding that she would not forgive the people she believes killed him.
She said circumstances surrounding her husband’s death in 2007 raised a “stink”.
“Definitely, he was killed. Why was his accident not covered by the State media like other accidents of prominent people?” she queried.
“He was seen sleeping on the passenger seat with the vehicle showing no damages of crashing against a train. Could we say Gunda drove all the way from Harare to sleep at a railway crossing in Marondera? His killers we see them walking freely and looting the fruits of their positions in government. There is nothing we can do, but wait for God’s justice. I will never forgive his murderers until I die. They deprived my children of a father and me of a husband while their families are happy. Gunda is not a hero (because) according to them, they took everything from him and as his family, we are surviving from our own sweat. However, God is blessing us. We are the living heroes.”
The widow was speaking ahead of her husband’s memorial service set for tomorrow in Victoria Falls. Gunda died in 2007 after his car allegedly collided with a train in Marondera and was declared a national hero. His remains were interred at the national shrine in Harare.
Four months ago, Gunda’s family was evicted from a posh government house they had been living in after losing a bruising five-year legal battle with the ZNA for ownership of the property. The late hero’s family had stayed at the house since 2004. Tatenda Gunda is now based in Victoria Falls.
