Khaya Moyo consoles Chirenda family

Bulawayo Bureau
Senior Minister of State in the President’s Office and Zanu-PF National Chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo on Monday visited the family of the late national hero, Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Harold Chirenda, in Bulawayo to console them. Rtd Lt-Col Chirenda was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare last week. Cde Khaya Moyo, who was out of the country when Rtd Lt-Col Chirenda passed on, described the national hero as a humble man of the people. He told Rtd Lt-Col Chirenda’s wife, Florence, at her Paddonhurst home: “We are praying for you and the family. We know the Chirenda family is going through unbearable pain. His passing on was not only a loss to the family but to the whole nation. He was a complete war veteran and we shall forever remember him.”

Cde Khaya Moyo was accompanied by Minister of State for Provincial Affairs for Bulawayo Eunice Nomthandazo Moyo.
He said Rtd Lt-Col Chirenda was a unifier who demonstrated true unity through his entire life.

“He demonstrated how important it was to have a sense of belonging by being a patriotic Zimbabwean. Many people did not know that he was born in Harare. They thought he was born in Kezi because he did not believe in regional divisions.

“He lived by example as he could use any language and never looked down upon anyone. I believe every Zimbabwean should emulate him and follow his footsteps because that is how we build the nation,” said Cde Khaya Moyo.

“Rtd Lt-Col Chirenda has left us a lesson of being a big disciple of the Unity Accord and we must learn from that. He was committed, dedicated and disciplined. I therefore would like to congratulate and commend Zanu-PF for according him national hero status. We have no doubts that he deserved it. Wherever he is, he is convinced that he did his part not only for the family but for the nation. We therefore have to do him proud by emulating him.”

Cde Khaya Moyo urged Zimbabweans to defend the Unity Accord at all costs.
He said Zanu-PF would help Rtd Lt-Col Chirenda’s family in every way possible.