Zimbabwean Vice President's wife charged for attempting to murder him

Zimbabwe Vice President Constanti Chiwenga's wife, Mary Mubaiwa was taken into custody on December 16 after a hearing in court based on charges of fraud, money-laundering and attempted murder of her husband. According to reports, Mubaiwa was arrested by anti-graft commission on December 14.

According to reports, Mubaiwa h initially taken Chiwenga to a hotel, refusing to take him to a hospital for necessary medical attention until she was forced to let him being taken away to a hospital by his aides.

Mubaiwa h malicious intent

lawyers went on to say that Mubaiwa h malicious intent when she went to hospital to check on her husband, dismissing his security detail and saying that she wanted to have a conversation with Chiwenga in private. According to reports, once security personnel left, Mubaiwa removed and intraveus line along with a cater that led to Vice President bleeding profusely.

Besides, it was said that she n helped Chiwenga off bed before holding him by hand, walking him outside hospital ward before she was confronted by his security detail standing outside door. Vice President h travelled to South Africa in order to be treated for an issue that remains undisclosed before he was transferred to a Chinese hospital for furr treatment on a blocked oesophagus.

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Political nda?

Chiwenga's wife was arrested by authorities on December 14. Mary Mubaiwa was charged with money laundering, fraud, and violation of exchange control regulations. According to spokesperson of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) John Makamure, Mubaiwa will be part of a court hearing on December 16. ZACC was appointed by Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2019 to tackle corruption at highest level.

Reportedly, an internal ZACC memorandum of charges which were seen by an international media outlet, showed between October 2018 and May 2019 that Mubaiwa h been accused of unlawfully transferring nearly $919,000 to South Africa under guise of imported goods. timing of her arrest fanned ar set of speculations as recent media reports stated that she was on path of a divorce with Chiwenga. Zacc memo also accused Mubaiwa of obtaining a certificate of marri without her husband's consent when he was ill. y both have been married under Zimbabwean customary law since 2011.

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(With inputs from ncies)