LATEST: Rtd Brig-Gen Muchemwa declared national hero Mrs Tapuwa Muchemwa (stripped top), wife of Rtd Brig-Gen Felix Muchemwa, weeps over the coffin bearing her husband's body. Pictures by Tawanda Mudimu
The coffin

Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Constantine Chiwenga honours the body of Rtd Brig-Gen Muchemwa’s upon arrival at One Commando barracks while Zimbabwe National Army commander Lieutenant-General Philip Valerio Sibanda (partly obscured) and Air Force of Zimbabwe commander Air Marshal Perence Shiri look on.

Special Disability Advisor in the Office of the President and former Health Minister Retired Brigadier-General Dr Felix Muchemwa has been declared a national hero.

Brig-Gen Muchemwa succumbed to cancer in Egypt on Monday where he was receiving treatment and will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on Sunday.

He was 71.

Mrs Tapuwa Muchemwa (stripped top), wife of Rtd Brig-Gen Felix Muchemwa weeps over the coffin bearing her husband's body. Pictures by Tawanda Mudimu

Mrs Tapuwa Muchemwa (stripped top), wife of Rtd Brig-Gen Felix Muchemwa weeps over the coffin bearing her husband’s body. Pictures by Tawanda Mudimu

Described by President Mugabe as a hardworking civil servant and scholar, Brig-Gen Muchemwa was born in Mhondoro on April 22, 1945.

He held the position of secretary for health in the provincial executive and was at one time a Member of Parliament for Mhondoro.

Mourners are gathered at 39 Gilmour Drive, Hogerty Hill in Borrowdale.

Meanwhile, the body of Rtd Brig Gen Dr Muchemwa has since arrived this afternoon.

Details to follow…..

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