Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi Resigns Amid S*x Scandal

Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned on Monday
following local media reports he had engaged in improper
conduct.

Mohadi, along with Constantino Chiwenga, was a deputy to
President Emmerson Mnangagwa since 2018, but without a political
power base, he was not seen as a potential successor to the
president.

In a rare move by a public official in Zimbabwe, Mohadi said he
had taken the decision to step down “not as a matter of cowardice
but as a sign of demonstrating great respect to the office of the
President”.

“I have been going through a soul-searching pilgrimage and
realised that I need the space to deal with my problem outside the
governance chair,” he said in a statement released by the Ministry
of Information.

Local online media service ZimLive has in the past two weeks
carried reports that Mohadi had improper sexual liaisons with
married women, including one of his subordinates.

Mohadi, 70, denied the accusations last week saying this was
part of a political plot against him. On Monday he continued to
deny the accusations saying he would seek legal recourse.

Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned on Monday
following local media reports he had engaged in improper
conduct.

Mohadi, along with Constantino Chiwenga, was a deputy to
President Emmerson Mnangagwa since 2018, but without a political
power base, he was not seen as a potential successor to the
president.

In a rare move by a public official in Zimbabwe, Mohadi said he
had taken the decision to step down “not as a matter of cowardice
but as a sign of demonstrating great respect to the office of the
President”.

“I have been going through a soul-searching pilgrimage and
realised that I need the space to deal with my problem outside the
governance chair,” he said in a statement released by the Ministry
of Information.

Local online media service ZimLive has in the past two weeks
carried reports that Mohadi had improper sexual liaisons with
married women, including one of his subordinates.

Mohadi, 70, denied the accusations last week saying this was
part of a political plot against him. On Monday he continued to
deny the accusations saying he would seek legal recourse.