Wilson Khumbula, known as Kujokochera, is a Zimbabwean politician and businessman.
16 Facts About Wilson Khumbula
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Wilson Khumbula is a former leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Ndonga, and arguably dissolved the faction in 2015,2018, and 2021 to join ZANU-PF.
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Wilson Khumbula was one of the early members of ZANU-Ndonga, which formed in 1963 under Ndabaningi Sithole.
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Wilson Khumbula was arrested in 1975 and was sentenced to ten years at Harare Central Prison before being released in 1978 due to the signing of the Internal Settlement.
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Wilson Khumbula was arrested again later that year and sentenced to six years at Chikurubi Prison until the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979.
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Wilson Khumbula lost his House seat in 2005 and his bid in the 2013 election.
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Wilson Khumbula took over as president of ZANU-Ndonga following the death of Sithole in 2000.
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In 2018, Denford Musiyariri claimed that Khumbula had been expelled from the party in 2005 and replaced with Rev Dr Fred J Gomendo.
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Wilson Khumbula was later reinstated and served as president until 2015, when he left to join ZANU-PF and Musiyariri himself took over as president.
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Wilson Khumbula owns Zineku Beerhall, which rivals another establishment owned by ZANU-PF MP Enock Porusingazi, in Checheche.
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Wilson Khumbula uses the beerhall as a gathering place for ZANU-Ndonga supporters and strongly emphasizes the importance of Muchongoyo in bringing party members together.
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Wilson Khumbula owns or has owned a restaurant, two gas stations, Kujo Superstar Hotel and Casino, a night club, grinding mills, and a construction company focused on developing housing and shopping in rural Checheche.
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Wilson Khumbula has a major financial hand in the Division Two football team the Zineku Stars.
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Wilson Khumbula received the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 for his work as a businessman in rural Checheche.
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One of his children, Kudakwashe Wilson Khumbula, is a politician representing the Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity.
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Wilson Khumbula's nephew is Enock Porusingazi, the ZANU-PF-aligned politician who defeated Khumbula twice for House seats.