Top cop buried

THE late officer commanding police’s Minerals and Border Control Unit Senior Assistant Commissioner Earnest Muchenjekwa, who died last Thursday, was buried in Karoi on Saturday. He was 50. A church service for the late senior officer was held at Morris Depot Chapel in Harare last Friday, after which his body was taken to Plot 6, Chikuti Farm in Karoi, for burial.

Snr Asst Comm Muchenjekwa died at West End Clinic in Harare after a short illness.

The burial was attended by Police Deputy Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, senior Government, police and army officials and businesspeople.

Addressing mourners last Friday, Dr Chihuri said Snr Asst Comm Muchenjekwa had left a gap within the force that will be difficult to fill.

He fell sick in Swaziland while on police duty and had to return home to seek medical attention.

Snr Asst Comm Muchenjekwa was born on October 4, 1966 and was attested into the force on July 1, 1988 as a patrol officer.

Soon after training, he was posted to Mutare Central in Manicaland Province.

His policing career took him to various stations in Mashonaland West, Midlands, Matabeleland South, Support Unit, Harare and Police General Headquarters, where he held several positions as he rose through the ranks.

During the period between 2004 and 2005, he served in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Sierra Leone as chief of operations.