Former Vice President Kembo Mohadi, who resigned two years ago for allegedly having improper sexual relations with women, has bounced back.
Mohadi and co-vice president, Constantino Chiwenga, were sworn in by Chief Justice Luke Malaba in Harare today amid political tensions in Zimbabwe as the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change is calling for fresh elections monitored by the Southern African Development Community. (SADC).
Mohadi was initially appointed vice president in 2018, a year after the late former President Robert Mugabe was toppled by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces.
At the time he resigned, Mohadi said he die this “not as a matter of cowardice but as a sign of demonstrating great respect to the office of the president.”
He is a former junior intelligence officer of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu), once led by the late Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo.
In an interview today, Mohadi said, “I’m here to serve the nation. I have been serving the nation since the coming in of the second republic and I continue to do so.”
He could not be drawn to discuss his alleged flirtation with women.
Mnangagwa was sworn in a few days ago with the opposition claiming that he stole the vote.
In the preliminary report, SADC, European Union and African Union observers said Zimbabwe’s elections fell short of regional and international standards.
Meanwhile, Jacob Mudenda of the ruling Zanu PF party was re-elected today as Speaker of Parliament.
Tobias Mudzingwa and Mavis Gama contributed to this article
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