Kembo Dugish Campbell Mohadi (born 15 November, 1949 ), is a

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an politician and former Vice-President of

who served from 28 December 2017 to 1 March 2021. He briefly served as the Minister of Defence, Security and War Veterans in 2017. Previously he was Minister of State for National Security in the President's Office from 2015 to 2017 and

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from 2002 to 2015.

Political career

Having previously served as Deputy Minister of Local Government, he was appointed as Minister of Home Affairs in August 2002. He was placed on the

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list in 2003. Mohadi was nominated by

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as its candidate for the

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seat from Beitbridge East constituency, in

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, in the March 2008 parliamentary election. According to official results he won the seat by a large margin, receiving 4,741 votes against 2,194 for Muranwa Siphuma of the

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(MDC) faction led by

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and 1,101 votes for Ncube Lovemore of the MDC faction led by

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-led unity government in February 2009, Mohadi shared the Home Affairs ministry with Giles Mutsekwa of the MDC-T, as stipulated by the SADC arbitration in late 2008. After Mugabe won re-election in July 2013, Mohadi was re-appointed as sole Minister of Home Affairs on 10 September 2013. President Mugabe moved Mohadi to the post of Minister of National Security on 6 July 2015. On 30 November 2017 he was appointed Minister of Defence, Security and War Veterans by Mugabe's successor,

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. He was appointed as the Vice-President of a

political party on 23 December 2017 and sworn in as Second Vice-President of

on 28 December 2017. Acting chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Justin Mupamhanga issued a statement on the following day that Mohadi had been appointed in charge of the National Peace and Reconciliation portfolio.

Assassination attempt

On 23 June 2018, an explosion at a campaign rally in

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hospitalized Mohadi, in what the

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called an assassination attempt.

Sex scandal and resignation

Following the leaking of alleged audio recordings, which circulated on social media, of Mohadi inviting married and single women to his office and hotels for sexual favours in February 2021, he tendered his resignation as Vice President on 1 March. Prior to this, he had released a statement denying the allegations, labelling the whole ordeal as a character assassination and that he was a "victim of political machinations" and "voice cloning".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohadi, Kembo Vice-presidents of Zimbabwe Members of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe 1949 births Living people Defence Ministers of Zimbabwe