‘HELL HATH NO FURY like a woman scorned’, is a lesson learnt the hard way by deposed former president Mugabe’s cousin Ignatius Chombo, former Home Affairs and local government Minister now facing corruption Charges

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This article was originally published by nehandaradiodialogue in 2010 following divorce proceedings by Marian Chombo against the former Local government Minister , deposed former president Mugabe’s cousin Ignatius Chombo. The messy divorce exposed the extent of corruption by the Zim 1 family and Zanu PF stalwarts….READ ON!
They say ‘hell hath no fury like a woman scorned’ and it has taken an acrimonious property-sharing wrangle between Chombo and his wife Marian to expose just how rich the then Minister has become thanks to his abuse of authority and corruption.
 
The then Minister has been separated from his wife for the past three years and their messy divorce in the High Court is dishing out all sort of dirt.
 
Although they agreed to divorce they have failed to reach a settlement on the sharing of vast properties spread countrywide despite several pre-trial conferences.
 
According to Marian Chombo below is a list of all the properties that her husband has ‘acquired’ over the years;
 
Vehicles
 
4 Toyota Land Cruisers
3 Mercedes Benzes
1 Mahindra
2 Nissan Wolfs
1 Toyota Vigo
1 Mazda BT-50
1 Bus
1 Nissan Hardbody
1 Toyota Hilux
 
Properties
 
2 Glen View houses
2 flats in Queensdale
A property in Katanga Township
Stand Number 1037 Mount Pleasant Heights
4 Norton business stands
3 Chinhoyi business stands
4 Banket business stands
1 commercial stand in Epworth
2 residential stands in Chirundu
4 commercial stands in Kariba
1 stand in Ruwa
1 stand in Chinhoyi
2 stands in Mutare
2 stands in Binga
4 stands in Victoria Falls
1 stand in Zvimba Rural
Chitungwiza (two residential and two commercial stands)
Beitbridge (four stands)
20 stands in Crow Hill, Borrowdale
10 stands in Glen Lorne
2 flats at Eastview Gardens (B319 and B320)
1 flat at San Sebastian Flats in the Avenues, Harare
Number 79 West Road, Avondale
Greendale house
Number 36 Cleveland Road, Milton Park
Number 135 Port Road, Norton
2 Bulawayo houses
Number 18 Cuba Rd, Mount Pleasant
Number 45 Basset Crescent, Alexandra Park
2 Chegutu houses
1Glen Lorne house (Harare)
2 houses (Victoria Falls)
Stand along Simon Mazorodze Road
Norton (one stand)
Avondale (two stands)
365 Beverly House (one stand)
Bulawayo (three stands)
Mica Point Kariba (one stand)
 
Marian Chombo wanted the court to share farming equipment at New Allan Grange Farm including three tractors, two new combine harvesters, two boom sprayers and two engines.
 
She also sought an order compelling former Minister Chombo to cede to her shares in the family’s 10 companies including Dickest, Hamdinger, Landberry and Track in Security Company.
 
Mrs Chombo, in her court papers, claimed cattle at Darton Farm, shared chicken runs, pigsties, a shop, grinding mill, house, mills, tractors, lorries, six trucks, five of which are non-runners, four trailers (three non-runners) and one truck.
 
She added that other interests were the Mvurwi Mine, hunting safari lodges in Chiredzi, Hwange, Magunje and Chirundu as well as properties in South Africa.
 
It is without doubt that Chombo, a former teacher, neither inherited the wealth nor ever owned a business empire to justify personal ownership of such a sickening amount of wealth. Before his appointment to government, slightly more than a decade ago, Chombo’s claim to property was a smallholding in the former African purchase area of Chitomborwizi near Chinhoyi.
 
In the absence of an explanation of how he managed to acquire such an obscene array of properties from Chirundu to Chiredzi; from Victoria Falls to Mutare; a fleet of top of the range vehicles and commercial trucks; 10 companies; commercial farms; mines and safari lodges, Chombo must simply be relieved of his official duties and called to account as he is clearly unfit for public office.
 
Deposed former president Mugabe shield Chombo after the Harare City Council reported him to the police in April 2010 for his involvement in shady deals in the city, involving an irregular acquisition of more than 20 hectares of prime land in the plush suburb of Helensvale, the police ignored the complaint and never mounted a criminal investigation.
 
MDC T indicated that Chombo’s assets are merely a tip of the iceberg, compared to the collective loot that the entire top Zanu PF leadership holds as personal and family estates. There are numerous reports of other senior leaders owning literally whole towns, like Rusape and Victoria Falls.
 
Chombo’s ability to acquire such filthy rich lump sum of wealth in such a short period proved claims by Mugabe and Zanu PF that travel restrictions on their senior party leadership are the prime cause of Zimbabwe’s slide into an economic abyss as they were obviously the ones causing the peoples suffering through looting promoted by Zanu PF through unbridled asset-stripping, corruption, violence and dictatorship, as evidenced by the revelations emanating from the domestic tiff between Chombo and his ex-wife, Marian.
 
MDC T issued the following statement in response to the revelations on Chombo’s wealth by Marian Chombo.
 
The published part of the vast personal asset register of Ignatius Chiminya Chombo ,a close ally and cousin of Robert Mugabe, a senior Zanu PF politburo member and a Cabinet minister, arising from his marriage dispute before the High Court, clearly points to his unsuitability for public office. The salary and benefits of Cabinet ministers are a matter of public record. There is no way a single, honest person in high office could have managed to acquire such treasure, other than through abuse of office.. source-nehandaradio
photo-Ignatius Chombo in leg cuffs with Chipanga

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