Kennedy Murwira
A Gutu woman died last month while she was on her way to attend a funeral in the Chihota Communal Lands in Mashonaland East leaving her relatives dumbfounded as to what actually transpired as she was and fit and well when she embarked on the journey.
The woman, Liliosa Mutero, nee Hapanyengwi, was married to Alphonce Mutero, a teacher by profession, and was travelling to attend to her mother-in-law’s sister’s funeral when she suddenly fell ill and died. Her husband left the profession a few years ago to run his businesses in the Chirumhanzu area in the Midlands Province. Liliosa remained a teacher at Chaka Primary school until the time of her death.
Liliosa Mutero
A family spokesman, Simon Mutero, said his sister-in-law was not ill at the time she departed for the funeral but started complaining of heartache and stomach pains just after the funeral cortege had left the Masvingo-Harare highway enroute for Chihota, She started started vomiting and the combi in which she was travelling had to stop several times while other mourners tried to diagnose the problem. Her situation deteriorated and other relatives had to abandon the journey to Chihota and made a u-turn to Harare Central Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Her medical history, however, revealed that she had hypertension problems which may have resulted in her death.
Liliosa was buried In Mutero Village in Gutu on 31 December where obituary messages from a number of organisations, including the Better Schools Programme in The midlands Province, were well received by the mourners
