Chris Mushohwe

Christopher Chindoti "Chris" Mushohwe is a Zimbabwean politician.

Political career

He was the ZANU-PF candidate for Mutare West constituency in the March 2008 parliamentary election, but was very narrowly defeated according to official results. He received 7,577 votes, 20 less than the total received by Movement for Democratic Change candidate Shuah Mudiwa.[1] Mushohwe was subsequently appointed as Resident Minister and Governor of Manicaland Province by President Robert Mugabe on August 25, 2008; in this capacity, he also serves as a Senator.[2] Mushohwe was a member of selous scouts and he remained in presidents office after Muzorewa because Mugabe wanted someone who new top secretes of Muzorewa. He has been criticised of taking the Kondozi farm which was contributing a lot to Zimbabwes GDP and Employment. He is suspected to have caused death of many within Zanu PF. He was also the minister of information and broadcasting services in Zimbabwe until October 2017, when Simon Khaya-Moyo was appointed as his successor. Mushohwe is now the Minister of State in the President's Office Responsible for Scholarships, a new ministry. He retained the ministry under the cabinet of the new president Emmerson Mnangagwa.

References

1. "Zimbabwe election results 2008" Archived 2008-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, newzimbabwe.com.
2. "President Appoints Ministers", The Herald (allAfrica.com), August 25, 2008.